various amenities. In 1973, the grounds were dedicated as the E.J. Donselaar Memorial Park. In 2009, a memorial plaque commemorating Ukrainian-Canadian imprisonment was unveiled. In the mid-2010s, a proposal to create a museum in the area, which would focus upon the internment camp operations that closed in 1917, received a lukewarm local reception. Cemetery In 1911, Baby Hughes was the first burial at this site originally designated for a school. In 1915, a board of trustees was elected. In 1921, the Ministry of Education relinquished the land. Initially called Woodlands, the name changed to Edgewood Cemetery Company. A chain link fence surrounds the property at the west end of Cemetery Rd. Of the three Jowett brothers buried, Walter and Wilfrid were centenarians, and William Bernard reached 91. Accidents & tragedies 1913: A couple and their baby died in a house blaze. Early 1940s: A man drowned in a boating accident on the lake. 1972: Two of the six victims fatally shot by an escapee from a psychiatric hospital were camping at Edgewood. 1979: A hiker, who became lost in dense bush on Eagle Creek, died of exposure, the remains being discovered eight months later. 2009: An apparent murder-suicide occurred. Later community The former Edgewood townsite became a ghost town when the reservoir for the Keenleyside Dam submerged the locality and shore road to Needles in 1968. A new three-room ATCO style school catering to grades 1–7 opened on a site on the edge of new Edgewood between the two creeks. Grades 8–12 were bused to Nakusp. In 1983, a new school building was opened. In 1967, the stone cenotaph (1920) was disassembled and rebuilt in the park. Reburied was a glass container holding a two cent Belgian coin and a copy of the Nelson News for 22 May 1920. Appropriate 1967 items were added. In 1968, the Royal Canadian Legion hall (1949) was moved. St. Agnes Anglican church (1913) was demolished and a new church built. In December 2006, Inonoaklin Edgewood Broadband launched the local internet service. In 2013, BC Hydro built a new boat launch. Margaret Williams (1912–2015) lived most of her life at Edgewood. The Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department, formed in the mid-2010s, acquired a 1993 Volvo FE42/Superior pumper. The local legion donated land, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay gave $165,000. After fundraising efforts, the firehall neared completion at the end of 2018. Other infrastructure comprises