Captain Jackson Commemoration

Presentation to CouncilMay 25, 2009

Presentation Outline

Introduction Purpose of the Presentation Project Background Relevant History Proposed Commemoration Partners and Appreciation

Purpose of the Presentation

To update Council on an Heritage Advisory Committee initiative to commemorate Captain Hector Jackson

Project Background

Petition to the Heritage Advisory Committee from the Jackson Family, May 26, 2008

Trial propagation in cultivating heritage trees from the four remaining First World War memorial trees in the Township

Recent and anticipated publications on the life and letters of Captain Hector Jackson

Community and media interest culminating November 11, 2008

History: Remembering the Fallen

Capt. Hector John Roderick Jackson, M.C.

 10th Canadian Engineers

 Canadian Expeditionary Force

 1892 – 1920

Proposed CommemorationSite Location and Rationale

Historical Criteria

Close proximity to the original Jackson farm on 24th Avenue near 256th Street in Aldergrove

Safety Considerations

Compliance with the site line requirements for road safety

Provision for Parking Opportunity to park

temporarily to view the memorial

Environmental Considerations

Compatibility with the existing creek adjacent to the road which is not rated environmentally sensitive

Site Elements

Boulevard Crossing Restored memorial stone, concrete base and

interpretative bronze plaque Memorial Tree

Interpretive Plaque & Wording

MEMORIAL TREERed Maple

Acer rubrum L

This tree was planted in 2009 to replace one placed on this road in 1923 in memory of Captain Hector John

Roderick Jackson, M.C.Many commemorative trees, most now lost, were planted

throughout the community in honour of soldiers from Langley who died during or shortly after the First

World War.

DEDICATED BY THE LANGLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY&

THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY

Red Maple Memorial TreeAcer rubrum L

Target Completion

November 11, 2009

Partners & Appreciation Langley Heritage Society Canadian War Graves Commission The Jackson Family Kent & Carolyn Strobel Township of Langley, Transportation Engineering Township of Langley, Parks Design & Development Township of Langley, Recreation Culture and Parks Mr. Warren Sommer