Old Burying Ground

1749 – 1844

The first cemetery in Canada designated a national historic site

Located on the west side of Barrington Street, south of Spring Garden Road

GPS location: 44°38'37"N 63°34'20"W

Plaque upper half (above), lower half (below)
Old Burying Ground plaque, lower half

Beyond the iron fence we see Barrington Street, and
part of the Lieutenant-Governor's mansion (under the flags).

Old Burying Ground, Halifax

The above photographs were taken on 28 November 2002.

Old Burying Ground
http://www.mikecampbell.net/old_burying_ground.htm

The Old Burying Ground
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha/halif.html

Entrance of the Old Burying Ground, Halifax
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LandmarksandHistoricSites/10-1673.html

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
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Welsford-Parker monument, Crimean War Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/crimeamon.html

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

Fort Massey Cemetery Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/fortmasseycem.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

Sir William Alexander monument Victoria Park, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alexwill.html

Sir John Wentworth plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/wentworthj.html

Vincent Coleman tombstone Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/colemanpv.html

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

John Taylor Wood tombstone Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/woodtaylor.html

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

Postal Service in Nova Scotia Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/postservns.html

Moose River Gold Mine collapse Moose River Gold Mines
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/moosegoldm.html

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First uploaded to the WWW: 2003 January 04