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Joseph Mairs Gravesite

Joseph Mairs was a coal miner and union activist jailed during 1913 Vancouver Island Strike. He died in 1914 at Oakalla Prison. The cairn was erected by his fellow workers.(full page)Plaque...

Joseph Mairs was a coal miner and union activist jailed during 1913 Vancouver Island Strike. He died in 1914 at Oakalla Prison. The cairn was erected by his fellow workers.



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Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

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