Historic cemetery
The Hillcrest Cemetery is the oldest protestant cemetery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and one of the oldest in Canada.[1] The cemetery is adjacent to the Lunenburg Academy.[2] The oldest marker is dated 1761, eight years after Lunenburg was established. Hillcrest Cemetery contains 5 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and one from World War II (along with 4 Norwegian war graves from Camp Norway).[3][4]
Notable interments
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Archives
- ^ Lunenburg Academy – Historic Places
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Hillcrest Cemetery
- ^ Canadian Fallen
- ^ Nova Scotia Archives
- ^ * Miss A. Creighton, "An Unforeclosed Mortgage," Acadiensis, October, 1905, p. 297
- ^ Nova Scotia Archives
- ^ Canadian Biography
- ^ Nova Archives
- ^ p. 185
- ^ "Teaser ship citations in the ship database".
External links
- Hillcrest Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Nova Scotia Archives
- Miss A. Creighton, "An Unforeclosed Mortgage," Acadiensis, October, 1905
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