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A blockhouse was built at the site in the 1750s to protect Halifax from attacks by the Mi'kmaq people.The land was subsequently developed as small farms. In 1893, the land was acquired by a private company, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery Limited, for a non-denominational cemetery because the Camp Hill Cemetery in the centre of the city was running out of room.
Simple monuments mark the mass graves of explosion victims at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery and the Bayers Road Cemetery. A Memorial Book listing the names of all the known victims is displayed at the Halifax North Memorial Library and at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which has a large permanent exhibit about the Halifax Explosion.
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: Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper [1]
Fairview Lawn Cemetery; Fort Massey Cemetery; H. Holy Cross Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia) M. Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia) O. Old Burying Ground ...
The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since ...
1912 - Halifax responded to the tragedy of the RMS Titanic disaster, serving as a hub for recovery operations of the bodies still floating in the North Atlantic. John Snow & Son Undertakers on Argyle Street helped to bury the bodies, 150 in all were interred in the city's cemeteries, 121 of them at Fairview Lawn Cemetery. [3]
Pages in category "North End, Halifax" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Fairview Lawn Cemetery; H. Hydrostone; M. Mulgrave Park
The majority of recovered victims, 150 bodies, were buried in three Halifax cemeteries, 121 being buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery followed by the nearby Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch cemeteries. [74] Relatives from across North America came to identify and claim the remaining bodies.