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Photographs of
Fort Massey Cemetery

Restoration work, October 2005 to January 2006

A military burial ground dating back to the 1750s

Fort Massey is one of only two cemeteries owned and managed
by Veterans Affairs Canada. The other is in British Columbia.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Located at the intersection of Queen Street and South Street

Queen Street Entrance
GPS location: 44°38'24"N 63°34'28"W

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

South Street (left) at Queen Street (right)

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Queen Street

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Posted on the Queen Street gate

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 28 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Queen Street

Photographed on 28 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Queen Street

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking eastward along South Street toward Queen Street

Photographed on 19 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking eastward along South Street toward Queen Street

Photographed on 19 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery, a tombstone

One tombstone in Fort Massey Cemetery, 25th October 1843

Photographed on 26 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 26 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking southward along Queen Street toward South Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking eastward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking southward along Queen Street toward South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Two workmen building concrete forms along South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Links to Relevant Websites
Fort Massey Cemetery

Fort Massey Cemetery Department of Veterans Affairs, Ottawa
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/fortmassey

Fort Massey Cemetery by Mike Campbell
http://www.mikecampbell.net/fortmassey.htm

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html

Memorial, Unidentified Dead, Halifax Explosion 1917 Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/unidentified1917.html

Old Burying Ground plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/oldburygnd.html

Welsford-Parker monument

Welsford-Parker monument, Crimean War Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/crimeamon.html

Halifax City Hall Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/cityhall.html

Halifax war memorial The Cenotaph, Grand Parade
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hfxwarmem.html

Deadman's Island Northwest Arm, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/deadmansnd.html

Sailor's Statue, Sackville Landing Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/sailor-statue.html

Norwegian memorial, Sackville Landing Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/norwayhfx.html

Shannon vs. Chesapeake plaque, 1813 Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/shannon.html

Admiral Walter Hose plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/admwhose.html

Captain James Cook monument Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/cookjmon.html

Alexander Keith monument Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/keithal.html

Celtic Cross monument Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/celticx.html

Joe Cracker, HMS Tribune plaque Herring Cove
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/tribuneplq.html

Go To: Index to other online Nova Scotia History
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/histindx.html
Go To: History of Automobiles in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/automobiles.html
Go To: History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html
Go To: History of Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/telephone.html
Go To: History of Electric Companies in Nova Scotia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/300/nova_scotias_electronic_attic/07-04-09/www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/electric.html
Go To: Nova Scotia Quotations
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New photographs installed: 2005 October 30
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New photographs installed: 2006 January 03