I just came back from a trip to Prince George (from Vancouver) along the old highway (through Hell's Gate etc). When we came up the highway from Vancouver we noticed a huge white cross way above the highway, on top of a mountain/cliff, just outside of Hope (after Hope not before).
I was thinking it was the site of a plane crash/helicopter crash but the only one I can find in recent years was the drug-run-gone bad that happened in Oct of 2005. The time fits but not the place seens as the crash site for that accident was on the edge of town and the cross is on a cliff way farther outside of town. The most recent plane crash was in like '56 and the cross hasn't been there that long.
I was wondering if anyone knows the reason the cross was placed there? Crash, suicide, some other symbolic reason?
2006-07-18 18:20:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Vancouver
It just recently appeared though...like in the past few years. And Hope has been there WAY longer. It's also not in Hope, it's outside of town. I'll do what Jenny says and see what comes up.
2006-07-18 18:33:41 · update #1
The Hope slide area is on the new highway not the old one...I know I initially thought that's what it was too but nope.
There was a crash about a week ago that killed a man in that general area but that was a road accident and this this was a massive cross way ontop of the cliff not a small roadside memorial type...hence why I thought airplane or chopper.
And yes this was most definately was a cross...you can see it about 10 minutes away when you are coming around the bend, it's that big lol.
2006-07-18 19:35:49 · update #2
I have no idea, but these are my guesses:
Is it anywhere near the hope slide site? Maybe it's some sort of belated memorial
Maybe it is a memorial for a murder/car crash victim- but for who? nothing is coming to mind
Is it clearly a cross? It isn't some telecommunications tower or Hydro tower or something is it?
I would write to the hope city hall. I bet ya someone there knows.
2006-07-18 19:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by hilarywow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it has nothing to do with a death. In northern Catholic towns (like in Quebec), there are crosses like this to symbolize the faith of the town located on hills, etc.
2006-07-18 18:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by NVgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few years ago a man driving a caravan suicide into the front of my uncle semi truck. It was just outside of Hope but I don t recall the dead mans name. I do know that he almost took out my uncle too but a passerby pulled him from his burning wreck. Very sad
2015-05-29 03:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Troy F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to google.ca and search for the exact location where the cross is. If you know where it is exactly, look under history. accidents, etc. Good luck.
2006-07-18 18:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Equinox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could there have been a church nearby that you couldn't see...or maybe a religious memorial that people like to put high up
2006-07-18 18:25:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋