ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Princess Anne spent more than an hour Saturday touring God’s Acre veteran’s cemetery and its tiny, wooden chapel, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there.

The visit to the secluded, tree-covered Esquimalt, B.C., cemetery is part of the princess’s three-day West Coast visit, which started Friday in North Vancouver with her participation in the commissioning of the first Arctic patrol vessel for Canada’s Pacific fleet, HMCS Max Bernays.