Cataraqui Cemetery
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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.<ref name="kam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cemetery is 91 acres in a rural setting with rolling wooded terrain, ponds and watercourses.<ref name="plaques">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> More than 46,000 individuals are interred within the grounds, and it is the final resting place of many prominent Canadians, including the burial site of Canada's first prime minister, John A. Macdonald.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Macdonald family gravesite, and the cemetery itself, are both designated as National Historic Sites of Canada.<ref name="Gerard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="nhs1">Template:DFHD</ref><ref name="nhs2">Template:CRHP</ref>
History
The cemetery charter was created during a special act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada on August 10, 1850.<ref name="cataraqui">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Cataraqui Cemetery was incorporated as a not-for-profit, non-denominational, and public resting place.<ref name="burial">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alexander Campbell served as the first president.<ref name="cataraqui" /> Architect Frederick Cornell designed the cemetery landscape.<ref name="nhs1" /> Interments increased quickly when the City of Kingston passed a by-law in 1864, preventing burials within the city limits.<ref name="burial" /> The gravesite of John A. Macdonald and family plot were recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on May 19, 1938.<ref name="nhs2" /> Cataraqui Cemetery as a whole was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on July 19, 2011.<ref name="nhs1" />
Notable interments
Cataraqui Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable persons including politicians, businessmen, humanitarians, and authors.<ref name="interments">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cemetery contains the war graves of 61 service personnel from World War I, and 84 from World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Queen's University owns a section that is reserved for interring the remains of those who dedicate their bodies to education and research.<ref name="queensu">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Leonard Birchall – Royal Canadian Air Force officer<ref name="interments" />
- Thomas Burrowes – Artist and surveyor<ref name="interments" />
- John Counter – First mayor of the City of Kingston<ref name="interments" />
- Alexander Campbell – Father of Confederation, and a former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers – Founder of the Canadian Signal Corps<ref name="interments" />
- Richard John Cartwright – Businessman and politician<ref name="interments" />
- Dick Cherry – professional ice hockey player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- James Alexander Corry – Academic and principal of Queen's University<ref name="queensu" />
- William Coverdale – Architect<ref name="interments" />
- John Creighton – Politician and warden<ref name="interments" />
- John James Deutsch – Economist and principal of Queen's University<ref name="queensu" />
- Harriet Dobbs – Artist, writer and humanitarian<ref name="interments" />
- George Monro Grant – Minister and principal of Queen's College<ref name="queensu" />
- John Hamilton – Politician and cofounder of Queen's University
- George Airey Kirkpatrick – Politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario<ref name="interments" />
- Thomas Kirkpatrick – First mayor of the Town of Kingston
- William Leitch – Scientist and principal of Queen's University.<ref name="queensu" />
- Evan MacColl – the poet of Loch Fyne
- John A. Macdonald – First Prime Minister of Canada<ref name="nhs2" />
- Archibald Cameron Macdonell – Police officer and soldier<ref name="interments" />
- Agnes Maule Machar – Author, poet and social reformer<ref name="interments" />
- John Machar – Principal of Queen's University<ref name="queensu" />
- William Archibald Mackintosh – Economist and principal of Queen's University<ref name="queensu" />
- Thomas McLeod – Scottish sailor who took part in three expeditions to the South Pole<ref name="interments" />
- James Morton – Politician, and businessman<ref name="interments" />
- Edward John Barker Pense – Politician, and newspaper editor<ref name="interments" />
- Guilford Bevil Reed – Canadian medical researcher<ref name="queensu" />
- James Richardson – Businessman, founder of James Richardson and Sons, Limited<ref name="interments" />
- James Sampson – Doctor, politician and a founder of Kingston General Hospital<ref name="interments" />
- Charles Sangster – Poet, fellow of the Royal Society<ref name="interments" />
- David Chadwick Smith – Economist and principal of Queen's University<ref name="queensu" />
- Henry Smith – Politician and lawyer<ref name="interments" />
- James T. Sutherland – Soldier, and Hockey Hall of Fame member<ref name="interments" />
- Robert Charles Wallace – Geologist, educator, academic administrator<ref name="queensu" />
- Zachary Taylor Wood – Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, and Yukon Territory
References
Further reading
- Jennifer McKendry (1995). Weep not for me : A photographic essay and history of Cataraqui Cemetery Kingston, Ontario
- John H. Grenville (2000). An illustrated guide to monuments, memorials & markers in the Kingston area Kingston Historical Society Plaque Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Kingston Historical Society
- Jennifer McKendry (2003). Into the silent land : historic cemeteries & graveyards in Ontario, Kingston, Ont., Template:ISBN