Hamilton Cemetery

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Hamilton Cemetery

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Details
Year established early 19th century
Location 777 York Boulevard, Hamilton, Ontario
Country Canada
Coordinates 43°16′36″N 79°53′25″W / 43.276643°N 79.890186°W / 43.276643; -79.890186Coordinates: 43°16′36″N 79°53′25″W / 43.276643°N 79.890186°W / 43.276643; -79.890186
Type Cemetery
Owned by Hamilton, Ontario
Size ~498 acres[1]
Number of graves 700+
Number of interments ~20
Number of cremations ~30
Find a Grave Hamilton Cemetery

Hamilton Cemetery is a large municipal cemetery located along Burlington Heights in Hamilton, Ontario. It is the oldest municipal cemetery in Hamilton, as well as Canada.[2]

The cemetery contains offices, a four-sided columbarium containing space for 18 urns per side, a section for paupers and a sunken garden containing a small fountain and waterfall. The cemetery is close to Kay Drage Park.

In 2005, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead zombie film was partly filmed here.

Notables buried there

A large number of the mayors of Hamilton are buried/interred there,[3] including:

Others include

George Hamilton's monument
Southam family memorial

Common stones

A large number of the stones contain masonic symbols, as well as a number of carved tree-stumps.[4] Several family vaults are also found here, including the Sanford Vault, the Tuckett vault, the Thomas C Watkins vault, the Col. Land Family Vault and the Stinson Family Mausoleum.

War Graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 139 Commonwealth service personnel, 127 from World War I and 12 from World War II.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "CEMETERIES 12.0 - City of Hamilton" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Cemeteries in the Hamilton Area". 
  3. ↑ "Mayors of Hamilton". Hamilton Public Library. Retrieved 4 June 2012. 
  4. ↑ irisheyesjg (July 14, 2010). "Wordless Wednesday: Cemetery Trees". Over thy dead body. Retrieved 5 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty records.

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