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Peace Arch Gazebo

16855 Peace Park Drive, Surrey, Colombie-Britannique, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1939/11/07

Peace Arch Gazebo and gardens; Ministry of Environment, BC Parks, 2010
Peace Arch Gazebo, distant view
Peace Arch Gazebo; Ministry of Environment, BC Parks, 2010
Peace Arch Gazebo, bridge
Peace Arch Gazebo; Ministry of Environment, BC Parks, 2010
Peace Arch Gazebo, interior ceiling

Autre nom(s)

Peace Arch Gazebo
Gazebo

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1940/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2011/02/24

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Gazebo is the hexagonal open single-storey pavilion set in an intensely planted area in the East Lawn of Peace Arch Provincial Park, in Surrey, British Columbia.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Gazebo is of scientific, historical, social, and cultural importance, and is particularly notable for its pedagogical nature: plaques commemorating the dedication of the park are sheltered under a timber structure that showcases lumber and logs of the native woods of British Columbia.

The Gazebo is valued for its historical and social significance, having been constructed in the early years of the Second World War by a camp of unemployed relief workers and Youth Forestry Training boys. It is valued as the culmination of the general grading and finishing of the six-hectare Canadian portion of Peace Arch Park, originally set aside for park use in 1931.

The Gazebo and its surrounding garden are valued as a key part of the overall cross-border park plan designed by John Booth, who worked as a gardener at the impressive Riverview Hospital arboretum grounds in Coquitlam. The Gazebo is valued as a part of the planted slope that welcomes northbound travellers into Canada.

The building's form and materials are culturally significant because they reflect both the conservative society that commissioned it - through the use of traditional materials and log construction - and the sober purpose that characterized the time of its construction.

Source: Ministry of Environment, BC Parks

Éléments caractéristiques

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Peace Arch Gazebo include its:

Site:
-intensely planted mixed planting beds immediately surrounding the pavilion
-bridge access to pavilion, in the Oriental style
-planted slope behind building as viewed from Highway 99

Structure:
-mortared stone base structure
-log structure above stone
-lumber of differing indigenous species forming ceiling and roof
-labels identifying tree species used in construction
-dedication table and inscriptions

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Colombie-Britannique

Autorité de reconnaissance

Province de la Colombie-Britannique

Loi habilitante

Park Act, art.5

Type de reconnaissance

Parc provincial (établissement)

Date de reconnaissance

1939/11/07

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

Thème - catégorie et type

Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
Les mouvements sociaux
Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
Les sports et les loisirs

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Loisirs
Accessoire de parc

Architecte / Concepteur

John Booth

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Ministry of Environment, BC Parks

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

DgRq-90

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

s/o

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