Christie Memorial Provincial Park

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Christie Memorial Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

The park was established in 5 October 1965, in remembrance of RCAF Pilot Officer Robert G. Christie, DFM. Christie was serving as a Navigator (flight officer) with No. 97 Squadron RAF when he was killed in action 23 September 1943. As the only Okanagan Falls, British Columbia serviceman killed in action during World War II this Provincial Park was named after him.

He is buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp-Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany, grave 8. C. 18.

Source: British Columbia Geographical Names Database [1]