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Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

December 18, 2023

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is a 343-acre (139 ha) rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of Côte-des-Neiges Road and up the slopes of Mount Royal. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Canada by number of burials and the third-largest in North America.[4]

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Front entrance, Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Details
Established1854 (1854)
Location
4601, chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges
Montreal, Quebec
H3V 1E7
Coordinates45°30′06″N 73°36′22″W / 45.50178°N 73.60608°W / 45.50178; -73.60608
TypeOriginally Roman Catholic, open to all Christian burials
StyleRural cemetery
Size343 acres (139 ha)
No. of graves65,000+
No. of interments1 million
Websitewww.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca
Find a GraveNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Footnotes[1][2][3]
Official nameNotre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Designated1999-05-04
Reference no.1864

History and description edit

Created on property purchased from Dr. Pierre Beaubien, the new cemetery was a response to growing demand at a time when the old Saint-Antoine Cemetery (near present-day Dorchester Square) had become too small to serve Montreal's rapidly increasing population.[5] Founded in 1854 as a garden cemetery in the French style, it was designed by landscape architect Henri-Maurice Perreault, who studied rural cemeteries in Boston and New York.[6] On May 29, 1855, thirty-five-year-old Jane Gilroy McCready, wife of Thomas McCready, then a Montreal municipal councillor, was the first person to be buried in the new cemetery.[7]

Notre Dame des Neiges is the largest cemetery in Canada with more than 55 kilometres of lanes and one million people interred.[8] The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery site has more than 65,000 monuments and 71 family vaults.[2]

The cemetery originally served Roman Catholics and rural French Canadians. Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Orthodox Greek, Polish, Ukrainian and Huron are also represented, indicated in many instances by ethnic motifs on gravestones.[6] The cemetery is adjacent to the Mount Royal Cemetery, a predominantly English-speaking and originally Protestant adjacent burial ground, the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, an Ashkenazi Jewish burial ground and Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, a Reformed Jewish burial ground. These four abutting cemeteries on the slopes of Mount Royal contain a total of 1.5 million burials.

"La Pietà Mausoleum" contains a life-sized marble reproduction of Michelangelo's Pietà sculpture (original located in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican). Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1998 and plaqued in 2004.[2][3]

No burials or cremations took place between May 16, 2007, and September 11, 2007, because of a labour strike. The interments of more than 300 bodies were affected.[9] In addition, its uncut, unkempt grass became a symbol of the labour dispute.

Due to its vast size, locating a specific grave can be difficult. As a result, the cemetery now offers a computerized mapping service that allows visitors to quickly and accurately locate graves. It can be accessed at the cemetery using a touch screen display or via the Internet.[8]

War graves edit

The only opening in the fence between the Notre Dame des Neiges and Mount Royal cemeteries is where two adjoining military sections are. Shortly after World War I, to emphasize the comradeship and uniformity of sacrifice of Protestant and Catholic soldiers, the Imperial War Graves Commission insisted on an open passage between the two plots and the Cross of Sacrifice was erected.[10] There are 445 identified Commonwealth service war grave burials commemorated here, 252 from World War I and 215 from World War II.[11] Those whose graves could not be individually marked are named on bronze plaques attached to the Cross of Sacrifice. The Quebec Memorial on the National Field of Honour at Pointe-Claire lists 24 servicemen buried here, whose graves could no longer be marked or maintained, as alternative commemorations.

New mausoleums edit

Every mausoleum in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery contains multiple crypts, clearly identified, as well as columbaria with glass or marble niches for one or more urns. The first mausoleum, Notre Dame, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was built in 1978. The others were added gradually in the years that followed: John-Paul II (1980), Saint-Francis (1982), Marguerite-Bourgeoys (1983), The Pietà (1985), Saints Peter and Paul (1989), Sainte Clare of Assisi (1994), the two-storey Saint Marguerite d’Youville (1996) and most recently, Esther-Blondin (2007).[12]

Opened in November 2007, the Esther Blondin Mausoleum, named after the founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne, houses 6,000 burial crypts and niches.

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Notable interments edit

See also: Category:Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

The cemetery is the final resting place for a number of former mayors of the city of Montreal plus other prominent persons including:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cimetière de Notre-Dame-des-Neiges". GeoNames. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges – Accueil". www.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ^ . www.cimetierenddn.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b Voitinski, Pavel. "Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal as Palimpsest, April 18, 2008" (PDF).
  7. ^ Murray, Danielle (July 29, 2014). "Rich past lies beneath Montrealers' feet". Montreal Gazette.
  8. ^ a b ArcUser Magazine, "Navigating Canada's Largest Cemetery", Summer 2009, p. 27
  9. ^ CBC, story about labour dispute
  10. ^ "History".
  11. ^ Reading Room Manchester. "Cemetery Details".
  12. ^ . www.cimetierenddn.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Mayer, Charles". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. 17 November 1971. p. 22. 
  14. ^ "Burial location". Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Biography – Taschereau , Sir Henri-Thomas – Volume XIII (1901–1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

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Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is a 343 acre 139 ha rural cemetery located in the borough of Cote des Neiges Notre Dame de Grace Montreal Quebec Canada which was founded in 1854 The entrance and the grounds run along a part of Cote des Neiges Road and up the slopes of Mount Royal Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Canada by number of burials and the third largest in North America 4 Notre Dame des Neiges CemeteryFront entrance Notre Dame des Neiges CemeteryDetailsEstablished1854 1854 Location4601 chemin de la Cote des NeigesMontreal QuebecH3V 1E7Coordinates45 30 06 N 73 36 22 W 45 50178 N 73 60608 W 45 50178 73 60608TypeOriginally Roman Catholic open to all Christian burialsStyleRural cemeterySize343 acres 139 ha No of graves65 000 No of interments1 millionWebsitewww wbr cimetierenotredamedesneiges wbr caFind a GraveNotre Dame des Neiges CemeteryFootnotes 1 2 3 National Historic Site of CanadaOfficial nameNotre Dame des Neiges CemeteryDesignated1999 05 04Reference no 1864 Contents 1 History and description 2 War graves 3 New mausoleums 4 Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 5 Notable interments 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory and description editCreated on property purchased from Dr Pierre Beaubien the new cemetery was a response to growing demand at a time when the old Saint Antoine Cemetery near present day Dorchester Square had become too small to serve Montreal s rapidly increasing population 5 Founded in 1854 as a garden cemetery in the French style it was designed by landscape architect Henri Maurice Perreault who studied rural cemeteries in Boston and New York 6 On May 29 1855 thirty five year old Jane Gilroy McCready wife of Thomas McCready then a Montreal municipal councillor was the first person to be buried in the new cemetery 7 Notre Dame des Neiges is the largest cemetery in Canada with more than 55 kilometres of lanes and one million people interred 8 The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery site has more than 65 000 monuments and 71 family vaults 2 The cemetery originally served Roman Catholics and rural French Canadians Italian Portuguese Japanese Orthodox Greek Polish Ukrainian and Huron are also represented indicated in many instances by ethnic motifs on gravestones 6 The cemetery is adjacent to the Mount Royal Cemetery a predominantly English speaking and originally Protestant adjacent burial ground the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery an Ashkenazi Jewish burial ground and Temple Emanu El Cemetery a Reformed Jewish burial ground These four abutting cemeteries on the slopes of Mount Royal contain a total of 1 5 million burials La Pieta Mausoleum contains a life sized marble reproduction of Michelangelo s Pieta sculpture original located in St Peter s Basilica at the Vatican Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1998 and plaqued in 2004 2 3 No burials or cremations took place between May 16 2007 and September 11 2007 because of a labour strike The interments of more than 300 bodies were affected 9 In addition its uncut unkempt grass became a symbol of the labour dispute Due to its vast size locating a specific grave can be difficult As a result the cemetery now offers a computerized mapping service that allows visitors to quickly and accurately locate graves It can be accessed at the cemetery using a touch screen display or via the Internet 8 War graves editThe only opening in the fence between the Notre Dame des Neiges and Mount Royal cemeteries is where two adjoining military sections are Shortly after World War I to emphasize the comradeship and uniformity of sacrifice of Protestant and Catholic soldiers the Imperial War Graves Commission insisted on an open passage between the two plots and the Cross of Sacrifice was erected 10 There are 445 identified Commonwealth service war grave burials commemorated here 252 from World War I and 215 from World War II 11 Those whose graves could not be individually marked are named on bronze plaques attached to the Cross of Sacrifice The Quebec Memorial on the National Field of Honour at Pointe Claire lists 24 servicemen buried here whose graves could no longer be marked or maintained as alternative commemorations New mausoleums editEvery mausoleum in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery contains multiple crypts clearly identified as well as columbaria with glass or marble niches for one or more urns The first mausoleum Notre Dame dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1978 The others were added gradually in the years that followed John Paul II 1980 Saint Francis 1982 Marguerite Bourgeoys 1983 The Pieta 1985 Saints Peter and Paul 1989 Sainte Clare of Assisi 1994 the two storey Saint Marguerite d Youville 1996 and most recently Esther Blondin 2007 12 Opened in November 2007 the Esther Blondin Mausoleum named after the founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne houses 6 000 burial crypts and niches Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Notable interments editSee also Category Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery The cemetery is the final resting place for a number of former mayors of the city of Montreal plus other prominent persons including Rene Angelil 1942 2016 manager husband of Canadian singer Celine Dion William H Atherton MBE 1867 1950 writer historian academic and scholar Raoul Barre 1874 1932 cartoonist Jean Louis Beaudry 1809 1886 entrepreneur politician Joseph Beland 1843 1929 politician Treffle Berthiaume 1848 1915 politician Bernard Bissonnette 1898 1964 politician Richard Blass 1945 1975 criminal Charlotte Boisjoli 1923 2001 writer actress Tancrede Boucher de Grosbois 1846 1926 physician and politician Henri Bourassa 1868 1952 politician publisher Robert Bourassa 1933 1996 Premier of Quebec Pierre Bourgault 1943 2003 politician intellectual Romuald Bourque 1889 1974 businessman and politician Arthur Boyer 1851 1922 politician Francois Philippe Brais 1894 1972 lawyer politician Dino Bravo 1948 1993 WWF wrestler Donald Brittain 1928 1989 film director Gilles Carle 1928 2009 film director Ken Carter 1938 1983 stuntman Therese Forget Casgrain 1896 1981 feminist reformer and stateswoman Joseph Cattarinich 1881 1938 hockey player and businessman Lorne Chabot 1900 1946 NHL ice hockey goalie Joseph Adolphe Chapleau 1840 1898 lawyer publisher politician Ernest Cormier 1885 1980 architect Vincenzo Cotroni 1911 1984 mobster Leo Dandurand 1889 1964 businessman and hockey coach Alexandre Maurice Delisle 1810 1880 businessman statesman Jeremie Louis Decarie 1870 1927 politician Alphonse Desjardins 1854 1920 founder of the Desjardins financial coops Bernard Devlin 1824 1880 politician General Jacques Dextraze 1919 1993 Chief of Defence Staff Canada 1972 1977 Jean Drapeau 1916 1999 Mayor of Montreal Lewis Thomas Drummond 1813 1882 jurist politician Charles Duquette 1869 1937 mayor of Montreal 1924 1926 Ludger Duvernay 1799 1852 founder of Quebec s Societe St Jean Baptiste Edmond Dyonnet 1859 1954 painter Pierre Falardeau 1946 2009 film director screenwriter writer Marcel Faribault 1908 1972 notary and legislative adviser Claire Fauteux 1889 1988 painter Gerald Fauteux 1900 1980 Chief Justice of Canada Amedee Emmanuel Forget 1847 1923 Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan Louis Joseph Forget 1853 1911 financier and president of the Montreal Stock Exchange Sir Rodolphe Forget 1861 1919 financier statesman president of the Montreal Stock Exchange Joseph Achille Francoeur 1882 1959 politician Clarence Gagnon 1881 1942 painter engraver illustrator Jean Gascon 1921 1988 stage and film actor director Roger Gaudry 1913 2001 chemist businessman and rector of the Universite de Montreal Conrad Gauthier 1886 1964 singer songwriter Joseph Gauthier 1877 1934 politician Gratien Gelinas 1904 1999 actor author playwright Sir Lomer Gouin 1861 1929 Lieutenant Governor and Premier of Quebec Robert Gravel 1945 1996 actor Joseph Guibord 1809 1869 patriot buried through a court order in the Guibord case Doug Harvey 1924 1989 ice hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Louis Philippe Hebert 1850 1917 sculptor Camillien Houde 1889 1958 statesman Mayor of Montreal Harry Hyland 1889 1969 Hall of Fame ice hockey player Henri Julien 1852 1908 lithographer painter illustrator caricaturist reporter Charles Laberge 1827 1874 journalist and politician Eugene Lafontaine 1857 1935 politician Sir Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine 1807 1864 jurist politician Alfred Laliberte 1878 1953 sculptor Pierre Laporte 1921 1970 statesman assassinated by FLQ terrorists Calixa Lavallee 1842 1891 composer of O Canada Rene Lecavalier 1918 1999 sports commentator Marc Lepine 1964 1989 mass murderer J Louis Levesque 1911 1994 stockbroker philanthropist horse racing builder Jean Claude Malepart 1938 1989 politician Josephine Marchand 1861 1925 journalist and women s rights activist Nick Auf der Maur 1942 1998 journalist politician Andre Mathieu 1929 1968 composer Charles Mayer 1901 1971 journalist sportsperson and politician 13 John Wait McGauvran 1827 1884 businessman and politician Thomas D Arcy McGee 1825 1868 journalist statesman Father of Confederation Honore Mercier 1840 1894 statesman Arthur Mignault 1865 1937 pharmaceutical entrepreneur colonel of the RCAMC founder of the Royal 22e Regiment Pierre Basile Mignault 1878 1929 Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada Jos Montferrand 1802 1864 strong man Denise Morelle 1926 1984 actress Pierre Nadeau 1936 2019 Canadian journalist television presenter and producer 14 Emile Nelligan 1879 1941 poet Robert Nelson 1794 1873 medical practitioner statesman John Ostell 1813 1892 architect Gedeon Ouimet 1823 1905 lawyer politician Premier of the Province of Quebec Philippe Panneton 1895 1960 writer physician diplomat Denis Emery Papineau 1819 1899 politician Jean Papineau Couture 1916 2000 composer Alice Poznanska Parizeau 1930 1990 writer Damase Parizeau 1841 1915 politician Lise Payette 1931 2018 politician Pierre Peladeau 1925 1997 businessman media mogul Denise Pelletier 1923 1976 actress Narcisse Perodeau 1851 1932 lawyer law professor politician Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec Maurice Perrault 1857 1909 architect and politician Maurice Richard 1921 2000 Hall of Fame ice hockey player Jean Paul Riopelle 1923 2002 painter and sculptor Yvon Robert 1914 1971 professional wrestler Jean Johnny Rougeau 1929 1983 professional wrestler Jeanne Sauve 1922 1993 politician and Governor General of Canada Idola Saint Jean 1875 1945 journalist and women s rights advocate Lhasa de Sela 1972 2010 singer songwriter Lord Thomas George Shaughnessy 1853 1923 President of CPR Henri Thomas Taschereau 15 Chief justice of Quebec 1907 1909 journalist politician and judge b 6 October 1841 Louis Olivier Taillon 1840 1923 Quebec Premier 1892 1896 Mary Travers La Bolduc 1894 1941 singer Denis Benjamin Viger 1774 1861 Joint premier of the Province of Canada Paolo Violi 1931 1978 mobster Charles Wilson 1808 1877 businessman mayor of Montreal Joseph Marcellin Wilson 1859 1940 financier philanthropist statesmanSee also editMount Royal ParkReferences edit Cimetiere de Notre Dame des Neiges GeoNames Retrieved 10 June 2020 a b c Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada Canadian Register of Historic Places Retrieved 10 June 2020 a b Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations Parks Canada Retrieved 10 June 2020 Cimetiere Notre Dame des Neiges Accueil www cimetierenotredamedesneiges ca Retrieved 29 October 2017 Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery History www cimetierenddn org Archived from the original on 2012 04 25 Retrieved 29 October 2017 a b Voitinski Pavel Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Montreal as Palimpsest April 18 2008 PDF Murray Danielle July 29 2014 Rich past lies beneath Montrealers feet Montreal Gazette a b ArcUser Magazine Navigating Canada s Largest Cemetery Summer 2009 p 27 CBC story about labour dispute History Reading Room Manchester Cemetery Details Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery The first mausoleums www cimetierenddn org Archived from the original on 2012 04 25 Retrieved 29 October 2017 Mayer Charles Montreal Gazette Montreal Quebec 17 November 1971 p 22 nbsp Burial location Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 2021 Retrieved 7 March 2021 Biography Taschereau Sir Henri Thomas Volume XIII 1901 1910 Dictionary of Canadian Biography External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Official website Official website in French Cemetery details Commonwealth War Graves Commission Official website at the Wayback Machine archive index Official website at the Wayback Machine archive index in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery amp oldid 1184681616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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