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Crash site just outside of Hope, BC?

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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?

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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.

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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.
could there have been a church nearby that you couldn't see...or maybe a religious memorial that people like to put high up
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.