mountain view cemetery, vancouver, bc, canada
'She's gone from us
But not forgotton
Never shall her memory fade
Sweetest thoughts shall always linger
Around the plot where she is laid'
(epitaph to Margaret Jane Jackson died June 9th 1913)
information
Cemetery Office:
5455 Fraser Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
From Downtown:
Take the Number 8 Fraser Bus from Granville Street to 33rd and Fraser
The oldest section of Mountain View Cemetery was opened in 1887 and various extensions have been added over the years. The cemetery serves the Vancouver Metropolitan area and is vast stretching from 31st to 41st Avenue and covering 105 acres.There is accomodation for 1000 graves per acre and currently about 100 000 people have been buried there.
The landscaping is minimal with little ground variation and a few trees spread across the site. Most of the trees were cleared as the cemetery was filled and there are now restrictions on monuments to allow for easy maintenance. Whilst initially all monuments were vertical during 1933 flat lawn-type memorials were introduced and since 1964 there has been a general lawn policy with vertical monuments now prohibited. In the past the cemetery supported a variety of wildlife due to the low levels of grave maintenance.
Special agreements have led to the blocks of graves for various sections of the community and fraternal organizations. An area for the burial of Orthodox Jews in the old cemetery is enclosed by an evergreen hedge. Nearby is a Chinese Buddhist Shrine built on a block of sixteen gravesites where religious services are held for the dead. The Jones addition dating from 1910 contains sections for the Masonic Order, The Oddfellows, The Ancient Order of Forrestors and The Knights of Pythias. There are a number of sections set aside by the city for ex-service personnel, in the Jones addition (1916), the Horne II addition (1922) and the Abray Park addition (1941).
Veterans Affairs Canada - Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver
(Comprehensive Description and History)
The British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid
(Genealogy database)
Find-A-Grave By City - Vancouver
City of Vancouver Archives
(Contents and reference guides to the Historical Records available in the city's archives)
City of Vancouver
(Official city site lots of information)
Vancouver-BC
(Info on accommodation, business, entertainment, shopping etc.)
Ross Bay Cemetery Victoria
(The Old Cemetery Society Victoria Tombstone Tales
with information on history, activities and current issues)
Wolrdwide Cemetery Links
more cemetery links...
(Comprehensive Description and History)
The British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid
(Genealogy database)
Find-A-Grave By City - Vancouver
City of Vancouver Archives
(Contents and reference guides to the Historical Records available in the city's archives)
City of Vancouver
(Official city site lots of information)
Vancouver-BC
(Info on accommodation, business, entertainment, shopping etc.)
Ross Bay Cemetery Victoria
(The Old Cemetery Society Victoria Tombstone Tales
with information on history, activities and current issues)
Wolrdwide Cemetery Links
more cemetery links...
