Events at Mountain View
Throughout the year Mountain View Cemetery hosts a number of interesting events.
125 years of the Cemetery
For the City's birthday celebrations the cemetery will host a day of tours and events. Watch for details.
All Souls:
Mountain View's signature event takes place at the end of October. Created in 2005, All Souls provides opportunities for the public to commemorate their dead in a family oriented community art event. More...
Walking Tours:
Throughout the year the cemetery's own walking tours, lead by Lorraine Irving and John Atkin, explore the rich history and culture of Mountain View, the final resting place of almost 150,000 people. Here's the 2011 poster.
Anniversaries:
Mountain View acknowledges a number of significant dates by posting commemorative plaques graveside.
March 4, 2010 was the 100th anniversary of the largest avalanche accident in Canada. 58 Japanese men died in the accident, 32 of them are buried at Mountain View. More...
The Final Disposition:
De-Mystifying Death, Funerals, Cemeteries & Ceremonies April 24, 2010
Our first forum was a great success. We'll have video and some notes on the website shortly. In the meantime you can download the poster and program.
Paul Wong at Mountain View
5 Paul Wong Projects, a five part location specific event over 5 Saturdays during the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. "Life, death and everything in between are constantly evolving. The idiom for death in Chinese is four. This site will bring together light and dark, silence and sound, living with the dead, and the 4 virtues: truth, bravery, non-violence and generosity, all transforming the modernist Celebration Hall into an installation space for encountering video art." Check out the video. Here's the 5 Paul Wongs Projects site - Mountain View is 5.4
Memorial Services:
Mountain View's Celebration Hall and Courtyard is the perfect setting for memorial services. Celebration Hall includes a reception area and family room, as well as the Caradoc Room with its adjoining courtyard. The building is fully wheelchair accessible. More details here.
