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For the New Brunswick friends:
A real photo postcard circa 1905-1918 of Bayview Cemetery, Hatfield Point, New Brunswick. I haven't been there myself but from what I can see online the entrance sign/gate is still the same. 👍
Some of you may remember this photo from last year. For newer followers: One of my favourite fall shots.
Wishing you all a good weekend. 🍂🍁
From a few autumns ago:
The Blue Church Cemetery in Prescott, Ontario. The sky and church (in the background) were competing that day for who could give off the best colour of blue. It was a tie.
1906 postcard of St. Thomas Anglican Church (Old St. Thomas Church), St. Thomas, ON.
My favourite part of this card is not the people in the cemetery, but the zinc ("White Bronze") marker at the left of the image making a special appearance.
I love this c.1910 postcard of the Don Valley in Toronto because if you look closely, at the middle left of the image, that's the Necropolis across the river saying "Remember...one day..."
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Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg designated a National Historic Site. 👍
The crisp air, the colours, the crunching of leaves under foot, and the past that has left a glimpse of itself behind - just some of the reasons I visit cemeteries in the fall.
Real photo postcard showing a plethora of both gravestones and trees in Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Ontario circa 1914. It's still quite a place to visit and spend much of a day in.
(Source: Personal collection)
The Salem Chapel Underground Railroad walking tour project at Victoria Lawn Cemetery is almost complete!
Here are images of recently restored stones for Mary Hutchinson and Harriet Triplet. Follow the link to Tubman Tours Canada's FB page for more info. facebook.com/100057375012820…
A view from inside Cimetière Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, with the church in the background across the road, and a bit of the St. Lawrence River on the right.
Friday evening cemetery walk. Many flowers are gone, but a few roses are still bloomin' beautiful. ☮️🌹
One of my favourite rhyming inscription lines on an old gravestone (circa 1842):
"Here Wm [William] Bell lies in the dust / When we are call'd die we must..."
(Willson's Cemetery, Wainfleet, ON)
Sometimes the names on gravestones seem fitting for the place, and the subject of death and mourning. Here is just a small sample of some that got me thinking.
A Thomas D'Arcy McGee connection on this stone. Paging Canadian history buffs.👇
Remembered also in #SelskarAbbey #Wexford - join a tour of the abbey @11am Mon-Sat. up until 30th Sept. #VisitWexford #WexfordLionsClub
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ALT Gravestone of Catherine Dorcas McGee from Selskar Abbey in Wexford town.
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This inscription stood out to me because it was a life that, technically, was lived in three centuries. 😮
