Virtual Tour of Ross Bay Cemetery
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9. Pooley Angel

The Pooley Angel is also known as the “Blue Angel” because she was the target of a vandal’s blue spray bomb which proved impossible to completely remove. She has also lost her right hand and rose to vandals. She is rumoured to cry during a full moon.

Grave of Charles Edward Pooley, MLA for Esquimalt 1886-1904, President of the Executive Council during the building of Victoria’s Parliament Buildings 1893-1902.

Block: T
Plot: 72 E 45