A visit to the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery (FG ID #2131617)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery
Lat: 49.8881° (49° 53' 17")
Lon: -119.4500° (-119° 27' 0")
Name Variations for Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kelowna Municipal Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 11 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oyama Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peachland Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Orchard Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Naramata Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Anglican Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon View Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coldstream Municipal Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Anglican Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vernon Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kelowna
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Kelowna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Kelowna came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kelowna
- Rutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellison came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Traders Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Kelowna
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilson Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Myra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Okanagan Centre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okanagan Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanagan Centre
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Woodsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pixie Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Trepanier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCulloch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCulloch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCulloch
- Nahun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chute Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Peachland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oyama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to British Columbia:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery:
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8881, Longitude: -119.4500 |
| <3> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |