Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)
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| Notre-Dame Cemetery | |
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 Notre-Dame Cemetery in winter. | |
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| Established | 1872 |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°26′31″N 75°39′07″W / 45.442°N 75.652°W |
| Style | Roman Catholic |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall |
| No. of graves | 114,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Notre-Dame Cemetery |
Notre Dame Cemetery, is a Catholic cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1872, it is the most prominent Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. The cemetery's western edge is located in Vanier, just south of Beechwood Cemetery. Its eastern limit is St. Laurent Boulevard. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 114,000 people.
Many remains and grave markers from the old Catholic cemetery in Sandy Hill were transferred to Notre Dame when it opened in 1872.[1][2][3]
Notable interments
[edit]- Janis Babson (1950–1961), Corneal transplant donor
- Bruno Bitkowski (1929–1966), Football player
- Bobby Boucher (1899–1958), Hockey Player
- E. A. Bourque (1887–1962), Mayor of Ottawa
- Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Ottawa Rough Riders announcer and Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Ojibwe artist
- Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hockey Hall of Fame player
- Aurèle Joliat (1901–1986), Hockey Hall of Fame player
- Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), Portrait photographer
- Ray Kinsella (1910–1996), Hockey player
- Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
- Alan Kuntz (1919–1987), Hockey player
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada
- Gerry Lowrey (1906–1979), Hockey player
- Kilby MacDonald (1913–1986), Hockey player
- Jack MacKell (1896–1961), Hockey player
- Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), Photographer
- Louis-Félix Pinault (1852–1906), Statesman
- Silver Quilty (1891–1976), Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee
- Eldon Rathburn (1916–2008), Film composer
- Larry Regan (1930–2009), Hockey player
- Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932), Writer
- Alf Smith (1873–1953), Hockey player
- Tommy Smith (1886–1966), Hockey Hall of Fame player
War graves
[edit]The cemetery contains the war graves of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.[4]
References
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- ^ "Improvement of Sandy Hill Cemeteries". The Ottawa Journal. 30 Aug 1902.
- ^ Bregha, Francois. "Sandy Hill cemeteries". Sandy Hill Stories. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Rubinstein, Dan. "Lifting Macdonald Gardens Park: Students Help Secure Heritage Designation". Carleton University.
- ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report.
- Bibliography
- McKendry, Jennifer (2003), Into the silent land : historic cemeteries & graveyards in Ontario, Kingston, Ontario
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[ISBN missing] - Pelletier, Jean Yves (2009), Ottawa Notre Dame Cemetery, an historic cemetery of national importance established in 1872., Quebec City, Quebec: Les Éditions GID[ISBN missing]
- Quesnel, Albert (1981), Nécrologies des pierres tombales du cimetière Notre-Dame d'Ottawa., Vanier, Ontario: Les Éditions Quesnel de Fomblanche[ISBN missing]
External links
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