Katie Joe

I just received Katie Joe's file from the RBCM today in the mail. Katie was my great grandmother who was sent to Essondale back in July of 1923 and passed away on May 18, 1926. She was my grandfather Harry Joe's mother and was sent to New Westminster when my grandfather was still a teenager. She was sent there from a small First Nations community in the Yukon called Hutshi and not knowing but a few words of English. A picture was included in the file that I received and I have never had a happier day then to see it as it is probably the only picture of her around. Back in July 2013 I sent an email to someone (can't remember the name) at the RBCM in regards to where my Great Grandmother Katie was buried. I never did get a response but found out in the file where she was buried. I did further research on your website and to my horror found out she was buried at Woodlands and that it was made into a park in 1976. She is under cemetery block: 7 cemetery plot 39. After knowing for years about Grandma Katie and her time at Essondale as well as knowing she was down there somewhere it was heartbreaking finding out the fate of the graveyard. I used to live in the Fraser Valley for over 10 years and had I know then what I know now I would have made the trip to New West. I am heading to Vancouver at the end of the month and would like to know if you have a better map than just the coordinates provided on this website that I can have access to. Through our potlatch ceremonies, I was give Great Grandma Kitty (she was known as Kitty Joe not Katie up in the Yukon)name back in 1998. Her traditional name was Gakhaket and as far as I know I am the only one who carries that name. Please please let me know if you have a map so that I can make the long overdue trip to where she was buried. I don't think any one of our family has been to her grave since she passed away. My heart is heavy.