Sport Yukon Hall of Famer Peter Milner was a visionary and a leader.

Such reads the inscription of the memorial plaque unveiled during a dedication ceremony held Wednesday at the Yukon College Family Residence.

"His efforts and leadership contributed significantly to Yukon hosting the 2007 Canada Winter Games,” the plaque reads.

The event included opening remarks by Glenn Hart, acting Community Services Minister, and Yukon College president Terry Weninger.

Peter's son Chris spoke on behalf of the Milner family, represented at the ceremony by Peter's wife Jan, granddaughters Molly and Ava and daughter-in-law Kelly.

"It's a great fit because the building itself was put there for the Canada Winter Games,” said Chris, general manager for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games.

"Now it's a place where families can go to school and stay together and hopefully give back to their community. It represents the values that I think he would want to have represented.”

Peter began work on bringing the 2007 Games to Whitehorse back in 1991, eventually becoming project manager. Sixteen years of planning, inspiring and building finally brought the national event to the Yukon.

In 2005, however, Milner passed away after a battle with cancer, never getting to see his dream come to life.

In 2006, the former director of sport and recreation for the Yukon government was inducted into the Sport Yukon Hall of Fame after a lifetime of dedication to sport in the territory.

At roughly the same time as Peter's passing, his granddaughter Ava was born, and went on to light the torch at the Games.

"It was an amazingly difficult time for everybody, and there was this constant reminder because there was this big event coming, his name was attached to the event in so many ways,” Chris said. "It was almost like we couldn't forget about it; but it was presented in such a positive way that you didn't want to forget about it.”

Hart said that each day we walk into the Canada Games Centre we celebrate a piece of Peter's vision and passion.

Weninger said the same is true of college's residence.

"His dedication to community development was commendable and is seen in the well-used family residence building – part of the former athletes' village,” Weninger said.

Added Chris: "I think it's a great way to celebrate his memory. It was a nice thing to do so many years after his passing.”