Are there any women buried in the BC Penitentiary cemetery?
Although there were a handful of women incarcerated in the BC Penitentiary during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there is no record of any having been buried in the cemetery. Return to the top of this page Were any of the men buried in the cemetery executed? Return to the top of this page Are there any First Nations or Aboriginal men buried in the cemetery? Six of the men buried in the BC Penitentiary cemetery were status Indians (First Nations men who were, at the time of their deaths, registered as “Indians” under the Indian Act). These were Johnny Peter, a member of the Penelakut First Nation of Kuper Island, BC (for whom no headstone has been located); Moses Paul (1844) a member of High Bar First Nation located near Clinton, BC; John Baptiste (2679) of Arrow Park, West Kootenay, BC; Sook Sias (991) of Salmon River, BC; Stephen Poole (5603) of the former Fort Graham Band (now Kwadacha First Nation — the Fort Graham Band’s lands were flooded by BC Hydro in 1968 to create th
