Back when I was getting my Masters in History, I had to visit Black Creek Pioneer Village (BCPV) for one of my classes (the same class I wrote my cemetery paper for). After that first visit I completely fell in love with it and hoped that I would one day work Continue reading “Site 147: Toronto’s BCPV Cemetery”
If people know one cemetery in Toronto, it’s probably this one – the city’s largest and most prestigious. Some very notable people are buried here, including former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, the founders of the Eaton empire, and Continue reading “Site 146: Toronto’s Mount Pleasant Cemetery”
Only a few blocks from the Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto’s St. James’ Cemetery is its slightly larger and more prestigious brother. It in fact echoes the same aesthetic as Necropolis, with its numerous obelisks and grounded slab headstones. Continue reading “Site 145: Toronto’s St. James’ Cemetery”
Back in 1996, I was taking a class in Public Memory as part of my History Masters, and for my major research paper I decided to focus on 19th-century Toronto cemeteries, namely Necropolis, St. James, and Mount Pleasant. In retrospect I imagine my Continue reading “Site 144: Toronto’s Necropolis Cemetery”
stone and dust 