Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Cemetery in Montreal, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Established | 1854 (1854) |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°30′06″N 73°36′22″W |
Type | Originally Roman Catholic, open to all Christian burials |
Style | Rural cemetery |
Size | 343 acres (139 ha) |
No. of graves | 65,000+ |
No. of interments | 1 million |
Website | www |
Find a Grave | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Footnotes | [1][2][3] |
Official name | Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery |
Designated | 1999-05-04 |
Reference no. | 1864 |
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