Neglected prison graveyard restored in shadow of New West condos
Among the men buried in a once-overgrown, nearly forgotten cemetery in the shadow of condominiums north of downtown New Westminster lies Lewis Colquhoun, a one-time partner of “gentleman train robber” Bill Miner.
Colquhoun was one of dozens of inmates of the long-shuttered B.C. Penitentiary who were buried there between 1913 and 1968 after their bodies went unclaimed by friends or family. The prison cemetery, in the Glenbrook Ravine Parklands, is a historic site that a
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