Pritchard Cemetery Listings
The Vernon & District Family History Society has catalogued the following cemetery of Pritchard, British Columbia, Canada.
Catalogued Cemeteries
Location
Pritchard is a small community located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,000, and its main industries are farming and tourism. Pritchard is located on The Trans-Canada Highway (HWY 1) between Kamloops, British Columbia and Chase, British Columbia, near the Hwy 97 - Hwy 1 Intersection.
Pritchard was named after Cpt. Robert Pritchard, the local police chief in the area in the early 1900's. He was a very large man, and very much a family man who moved with his family to Canada from Wales in the late 1800's.
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Information sources:
- www.Wikipedia.org
- www.maps.google.com
For more information please, contact the Cemetery Committee