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Cataraqui Cemetery is a non-denominational cemetery located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1850, it predates Canadian Confederation , and continues as an active burial ground. [ 1 ] The cemetery is 91 acres in a rural setting with rolling wooded terrain, ponds and watercourses. [ 2 ]
In 2021 the statue was removed from its original spot at City Park with plans to move it to Cataraqui Cemetery, where Macdonald is buried. [2] [3] In August 2022, the cemetery board voted not to erect the statue. [4] As of August 2023, there were still no plans for the statue. [5]
1682 map depicting what is now part of Kingston, Ontario. Belle Island can be seen labelled as I (Isle) aux Recolets. Evidence of use by Native groups for hunting and fishing in the Middle Woodland Period have been discovered on the island. A burial ground was uncovered by accident in 1988 when the City was constructing a beach.
Cataraqui Cemetery, 927 Purdy’s Mill Road Kingston ON 44°15′40″N 76°32′32″W / 44.2610°N 76.5423°W / 44.2610; -76.5423 ( Cataraqui Cemetery National Historic Site of
Belleville Cemetery, Belleville – Susanna Moodie, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Davie Kerr, Albert Holway; Burlington Memorial Gardens, Burlington – Leslie Mahaffy; Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston – Alexander Campbell, John A. Macdonald; Chatham-Kent, nearby, the Hutberg, God's Acre burial ground of the Christian Munsee New Fairfield/Moraviantown
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in Kingston, Ontario. There are 22 National Historic Sites designated in Kingston, [ 1 ] including the Rideau Canal which extends from Ottawa and traverses 202 kilometres (126 mi) to Kingston.
Cataraqui may refer to: The original townsite of what is now downtown Kingston, Ontario, as founded 1673 to house a French colonial military outpost. A rural village west of Cataraqui Cemetery, part of the former Kingston Township. Both points are within the current Kingston city limits.
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