Beechwood Cemetery

Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a 160 acre (647,000 m²) cemetery designated as a National Historic Site in 2001. A woodland cemetery founded in 1873, it is the largest cemetery in the city of Ottawa. Because it is located in the nation's capital, it is the burial site for a number of statesmen as well as a large number of mayors of the city.

History

Since the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, soldiers who were killed in the line of duty and veterans of war have been buried in Beechwood Cemetery. The cemetery contains two military sections owned and managed by the federal Department of National Defence including the recent addition of the "National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces" and monument that was dedicated in 2001. There is another older section for veterans managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The cemetery inspired a classic Canadian poem "In Beechwood Cemetery" by Archibald Lampman with its memorable final line, "They know no season but the end of time." [Library & Archves Canada Canadian Poetry Archives http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/canvers-bin/entry?entry_nbr=278&page_rows=10&clctn_nbr=1&l=0]

Noted for the Neo-Gothic architecture of its mausoleum, the chapel at Beechwood Cemetery is used by families for private ceremonies.

Internments

*Thomas McKay (1792-1855), businessman, a founder of the city of Ottawa
*Thomas Fuller (1823-1898), architect, designer of the Parliament Buildings of Canada
*Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), poet
*Sir John George Bourinot (1837-1902), historian, political scientist, newspaper publisher
*Charles H. Mackintosh (1843-1931), Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories, 1893-1898, Member of Parliament, 13th Mayor of Ottawa, (1879-1881), owner/editor of the Ottawa "Citizen" (1874-1892)
*Andrew George Blair (1844-1907), statesman, Premier of New Brunswick
*Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), engineer, inventor
*Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), poet
*John Macoun (1831-1920), noted naturalist
*Arthur L. Sifton (1858-1921), statesman, Premier of Alberta
*John Rudolphus Booth (1827-1925), lumber tycoon
*James Creighton or J.G.A. Creighton (1850-1930), father of organized ice hockey
*James Wilson Robertson (1857-1930), businessman, educator
*Sir George Eulas Foster (1847-1931), politician
*Marion Osborne (1871-1931), author, poet, dramatist
*Sir Robert Borden (1854-1937), 8th Prime Minister of Canada
*Eddie Gerard (1890-1937), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
*Harvey Pulford (1875-1940), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
*Charles Stewart (1868-1946), politician, Premier of Alberta
*Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), poet
*Sir Percy A. Taverner (1875-1947), ornithologist
*Henry Crerar (1888-1965), Canadian Army General and diplomat
*Andrew McNaughton (1887-1966), Commander-in-Chief Canadian 1st Army in WW II, statesman
*Charles Foulkes (1903-1969), Canadian Army General
*Harry L. 'Punch' Broadbent (1892-1971), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
*Clint Benedict (1894-1976), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
*Johnny Fauquier (1909-1981), Hall of Fame aviator, WWII hero, DFC, DSO
*Tommy Douglas (1904-1986), politician, voted "The Greatest Canadian"
*Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002), statesman, Governor General of Canada
*Nichola Goddard, MSM (1980-2006), CAPT, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. First Canadian female soldier killed in action
*The Rev'd. John Sandford Fleming MacLean (1926-2006), clerk-in-holy-orders, naturalist
*Henry Wentworth Monk (1827-1896), Canadian Christian Zionist

References

ee also

*Macoun marsh

External links

* [http://www.beechwoodcemetery.com/ Beechwood Cemetery Web site]