Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)

Notre-Dame Cemetery
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Notre-Dame Cemetery in winter.
Established	1872
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Country	Canada
Coordinates	45°26′31″N 75°39′07″W / 45.442°N 75.652°W / 45.442; -75.652Coordinates: 45°26′31″N 75°39′07″W / 45.442°N 75.652°W / 45.442; -75.652
Style	Roman Catholic
Number of graves	114,000

Wilfrid Laurier's grave, sculpted by Alfred Laliberté, in Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa) Ontario Canada

Notre Dame Cemetery, located at 455 Montreal Road, 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 persons.

Notable interments

Janis Babson (1950–1961), who drew attention to corneal transplantation as a means of restoring vision
Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), renowned photographer
Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
Aurel Joliat (1901–1986), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), renowned portrait photographer
Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada
Louis-Félix Pinault (1852–1906), statesman
Tommy Smith (1885–1966), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Ojibwa artist
Eldon Rathburn (1916-2008), CM, prolific Canadian film composer

War Graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.^[1]

References

↑ CWGC Cemetery Report.

Bibliography

McKendry, Jennifer (2003), `Into the silent land : historic cemeteries & graveyards in Ontario`, Kingston, Ontario
Pelletier, Jean Yves (2009), Ottawa Notre Dame Cemetery, an historic cemetery of national importance established in 1872., Quebec City, Quebec: Les Éditions GID,
Quesnel, Albert (1981), Nécrologies des pierres tombales du cimetière Notre-Dame d’Ottawa., Vanier, Ontario: Les Éditions Quesnel de Fomblanche

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