Addington Forks
Cemetery
Off the Trans Canada, can
be reached via a farm road from the Andrew Jessen property on the "old"
Addington Forks road. (hidden in the woods) Visible stones
date from 1834-1903 ~ mostly MacDonald's.
Afton Road Cemetery
Highway #4, off the Trans
Canada Highway
Anglican Church Cemetery, Bayfield
Arisaig Cemetery
St. Margaret's Roman
Catholic
Church
Ballantyne's Cove
Cemetery
Holy Rosary Church &
Cemetery
(Highway #337
between
Cape George and Livingstone Cove)
Bethany Cemetery
Sisters of St. Martha
Bethany, the Motherhouse
of the Sisters of St. Martha, is located just past St. Martha's
Regional
Hospital, on Bay Street, on the route out to the #337.
Boyd's Cemetery
Cribbens Point
Turn right off Highway #337.
Opposite Cribbens Point, near the shore.
Cameron Cemetery,
Lochaber
Lake
A small cemetery on a steep
hill in North Lochaber, very close to Highway #7.
Cape George Cemetery
St. David's
United Church
(Presbyterian)
(Highway #337 between
Ballantyne's
Cove and Lakevale)
Cloverville Road
Cemetery
(Also known as St. James
United ~ St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery)
Congregation of St. James
- United, St. Paul's Anglican, Baptist, and Presbyterian. The turnoff
to
Cloverville
is just before the sharp left turn on College Street when proceeding
from
Main Street. The road to the cemetery is just past the railway tracks
and
the dairy, on the left side
Cummings Cemetery
Upper South River along
Highway #316.
Glen Bard
Cemetery,
James River
Along the Old Highway
(parallel
to the Trans Canada) Designated Provincial Heritage Property; burial
place
of Bard MacLean, a famous Gaelic poet.
Georgeville Cemetery
St. George's Roman Catholic
Church
(Highway #337, just off
Highway #245)
Giant's Lake
Cemetery
St. Francis De Sales
Along Highway #276, off
Highway #316, Exit 35 off the Trans Canada Highway
Harbour Center
Cemetery
Paddy's Hollow - Sundial
Right turn off Highway #337
Havre Boucher
Cemetery
(Highway #4, off Trans
Canada
Highway, Exit 38)
Heatherton Cemetery
Summerside Road, Heatherton~near Immaculate Conception
Church.
Holy Cross
(See St.Croix)
New Lakevale
Cemetery
Highway #337
between
Morristown and Cape George, opposite St. Columba Church)
Old Lakevale
Cemetery
St. Columba Church
(Highway #337
between
Morristown and Cape George)
Lanark Cemetery
Along Highway #337. Only
one stone from the cemetery has survived. Some remains have been
transferred
to St. Ninian's Cemetery in Antigonish. Several Micmac families from
the
area had been buried at Lanark.
Landry's Cemetery,
Lower South River
On private property owned
by Mr. T. Landry.
Anglican
Cemetery, Linwood
Christ Church
(Highway #4 off the
Trans Canada Highway. Located between Tracadie and Havre Boucher)
Lismore Cemetery
Along Highway #245 between
Knoydart and Lower Barney's River. Private property belonging to John
A.
and Evelyn MacDonald ( third house on the left past the factory road,
when
traveling West).
North Lochaber
Cemetery,
Lochaber Lake
Located at the head of
Lochaber
Lake, approximately 13 miles South of Antigonish. When approaching the
lake, take the first right turn from Highway #7 to the West side
Marydale Cemetery
Off the Trans Canada
Highway,
Exit 35, past St. Andrews, on the road to Caledonia Mills.
Maryvale Cemetery
St. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church
Middle South River
Cemetery
Off the Trans Canada
Highway,
Exit 35. It is located along Highway #316, near the
Antigonish/Guysborough
county border
Morar Cemetery
Old Morar Chapel
(Highway #337. It is private
property.)
Morvan Cemetery,
Keppoch
Mountain
Immaculate Conception
Church,
St. Mary's Church
On a mountain between Ohio
and the Garden of Eden, near the county border.
Murray
Cemetery, Lochaber
(Transcription & photos
of headstones at Fred Costey's website)
Off Highway #7 on the right side of the lake ~ same side as the Stewart Cemetery proceeding North. Burials range from 1851-1982, and contain the remains of many of the pioneer families.
Ohio Cemetery
(A transcription of this cemetery
is available on CD for purchase at Antigonish Heritage Museum)
Off Highway #7, past St.
Joseph's
(unpaved road ~ wooded area)
Old Catholic
Cemetery,
Main Street
Located on Main Street in
Antigonish, at the rear of the Legion Hall.
St. Andrew's
Cemetery
(Old)
On Manchester Road in St.
Andrew's (Exit 35 off Trans Canada Highway)
St. Croix Roman
Catholic
Cemetery, Pomquet
Off the Trans Canada
Highway.
(Holy Cross)
St. David's United Cemetery
Cape George ~ Highway 337
St.
James Presbyterian (United) Cemetery
Located on the corner of
Church Street and Main Street in the town of Antigonish.
St. James United ~ St. Paul's Anglican
(also
known as Cloverville Cemetery) Congregation of St. James
- United, St. Paul's Anglican, Baptist, and Presbyterian. The turnoff
to
Cloverville
is just before the sharp left turn on College Street when proceeding
from
Main Street. The road to the cemetery is just past the railway tracks
and
the dairy, on the left side
St. Joseph's
Cemetery (A transcription of this cemetery is
available on CD for purchase at Antigonish
Heritage Museum)
Highway #7 ~ one mile after
the Gaspereux Lake turnoff
St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Bayfield
St. Matthew's United Church
St. Ninian's
Cemetery
St. Ninian's Parish
Just off the Trans Canada
Highway as it passes Antigonish. Can be clearly seen from the Highway.
St. Patrick's
Cemetery,
Lochaber
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Highway #7
St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Merland
St. Patrick's Church
St.
Paul's Cemetery, Havre Boucher
St. Paul's Parish
St.
Peters Catholic Church, Tracadie
Off the Trans Canada Highway
~ Highway #4
South Side Harbour,
Old Cemetery
Located near the shore in
South Side Harbour, off the Trans Canada Highway.
Stewart Cemetery, Lochaber
(offsite)
South Lochaber ~ Off
Highway #7 on the right side of the lake
St.
Ann's Church ~ Summerside Cemetery
Off the Trans Canada
Highway,
turn left at Exit 36
Town Point Cemetery
6 miles outside of
Antigonish,
along #337. Right turn at Seabright, follow dirt road. Turn right, then
left down hill, then right, then left again. There is no signage. Some
gravestones are held at Town Hall for safe keeping.
Tracadie
Old Cemetery
Off the Trans Canada Highway
~ Highway #4.
Guysborough County
Cemeteries
IMPORTANT ~ many
of
the cemeteries listed above are on private property. Arrangements
should
be made beforehand when visiting the cemeteries.