The original host was removed, and this new location seems nice enough and close enough.
Cache is not in the cemetery.
The Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Board began serving the Jewish community of Metro Vancouver more than a century ago. On December 30th, 1926, the Province of British Columbia, under the leadership of Premier John Oliver, granted land to the Jewish Community by "Order in Council"
The first burial to take place in the cemetery was for 79-year oldĀ Dinah LotzkarĀ who died on November 8, 1929, and was buried the next day.
The original parcel of land comprised only a small part of what is today a sprawling, 15-acre cemetery. In 1929, this was just a small parcel of land with a fence. Funerals took place in Vancouver untilĀ a new chapel and home for theĀ Chevra Kadisha was opened on Alma Street and Broadway. Each funeral service was followed by the long drive to New Westminster on narrow side roads. In bad weather, this drive could take an hour or more.
Today, there are about 5,000 people buried in New Westminster cemeteries.