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Resources & links.
Every factual claim on this site about Campbell River is drawn from the documents below. Anything not yet confirmed is marked as such on the page it appears on.
Primary sources
The City of Campbell River documents.
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City of Campbell River — Cemeteries
The City’s cemeteries page. Links to the Cemetery Management Bylaw No. 3733, 2019 (consolidated), interment information and current forms. Part 9 of that bylaw covers green burial; Schedule A covers interment specifications.
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City of Campbell River — Fees and Charges Bylaw 2026 (Bylaw 4007)
The City’s current consolidated fees, including cemetery and interment fees.
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Elk Falls Cemetery interment licence (Form CCR 2026/01)
The interment authorization form used by the City, with its terms and conditions and excerpts of the provincial Act. Available from the City’s cemeteries page above.
Provincial law & guidance
British Columbia.
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Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act
The provincial Act. Section 5 sets who may control disposition; section 8 sets the authorization needed before disposition.
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Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulation
The regulation under the Act. It covers who may transfer human remains and under what permit, refrigeration of unembalmed remains, and the standards a burial or cremation container must meet.
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Consumer Protection BC — funeral services
Administers and enforces the Act and licenses funeral providers, funeral directors and embalmers. See also its funeral rights page and its guidance on the private transfer of remains.
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BC Vital Statistics — death registration
How a death is registered in BC and how the Disposition Permit (Burial Permit) is issued. If no funeral home is used, the legal representative can register the death at a Service BC location or through the Vital Statistics Agency.
Green burial organisations
Green burial bodies.
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Green Burial BC — Green Burial in BC
A provincial green-burial network. Its list of green cemeteries in BC includes Elk Falls Cemetery, described as a hybrid green cemetery (a conventional cemetery with a dedicated green burial area).
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Green Burial Society of Canada
The national body for natural burial in Canada; it maintains an approved-provider directory. GreenBurialCR has not found Elk Falls Cemetery in its current British Columbia listing, so this site does not describe Elk Falls as Society-approved.
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