St. John's Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
| St. John’s Cemetery | |
|---|---|
.jpg/1280px-St._John's_Cemetery_in_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia_(1).jpg) St. John’s Cemetery in 2019 | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1839 |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°39′43.9″N 63°37′30.1″W / 44.662194°N 63.625028°W / 44.662194; -63.625028 |
| Owned by | Parish of St. John's Anglican Church, Halifax |
| No. of graves | 12,000+ |
| Website | http://stjohnscemetery.ca/ |
| Find a Grave | St. John’s Cemetery |
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St. John's Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia and forms a series of cemeteries in the Fairview area of Halifax, next to Fairview Lawn Cemetery and Baron de Hirsch Cemetery.
Opened in 1839, it is the final resting place for a few prominent Anglicans in Halifax:
The cemetery contains war graves of 70 Commonwealth service personnel, 62 from World War I (of whom 48 lie in the Naval Plot in Section Q) and 8 from World War II.[2]
It is also the resting place of many people killed by the 1917 Halifax Explosion. A columbarium was added in 1994[1] on the site of the former St. Johns Anglican Church of Fairview.
References
- ^ a b c Cemetery
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Cemetery Report
External links
- Official website
- St. John's Cemetery at Find a Grave
44°39′44″N 63°37′30″W / 44.66215°N 63.62500°W / 44.66215; -63.62500