The Burying Ground 01/11/2018 (1) @ The Northern Quarter in Victoria B.C, Canada
Old Timey Country Blues from Canada
The Burying Ground 01/11/2018 (2) @ The Northern Quarter, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Old Timey Country Blues from Canada
The Burying Ground 01/11/2018 (3) @ The Northern Quarter in Victoria, B.C., Canada
Old Timey Country Blues from Canada
Old Protestant Burying Ground - Charlottetown, PEI - a Summer Social, July 16, 2017
Bryon Howard, Calgary Real Estate by The Howard Team ... had a fun evening with family, new and old friends at The Old Protestant Burying Ground in Charlottetown on July 18, 2017. That eventing ... he took some video of the evening ... mostly of his father in law George Wright.
Jul 18/17 - message from Author of Who Departed This Life, George Wright.
To purchase the book, visit:
First of all, on behalf of the Board of directors of OPBG, I want to welcome those attending this evening., I will try in a few minutes to outline some of the history of the OPBG.
Early history is very scarce, but there remains one stone for an interment before 1800. It is that black stone for Isabella Bell, the young wife of Sgt George Bell a member of the 21st Grenadiers, who died in 1789.
The design and material of that stone is similar to many found in the Old Burying Ground in Halifax and throughout New England
The first indication of the site as cemetery was in 1784, where it was shown as a four acre plot in the large commons, north of what is now Euston St. There must have been earlier burial sites, but we have been unable to find any record of same.
The BG came into general use after 1800 with about 50 burials documented between 1800 and 1810.
How it was organized and administered in the early years is unknown . In 1826, a land grant was made to St Paul’s Anglican Church by Hon George Wright, who was acting Governor at the time, and my great-great grandfather. The land remained deeded to St Paul’s Church until the year 2000 when St Paul’s deeded the Cemetery to our organization, the Old Protestant Burying Ground Incorporated. The five original Protestant churches in Charlottetown assisted St Paul’s in it’s minimum maintenance , although the sextons of St Paul’s controlled the burials and opened and closed the graves and kept records. The charge for opening and closing a grave was 1 shilling for an adult and less for a child. After the currency changed to dollars, the amount was 80 cents
After some negotiations the Burying ground was used by all Protestant churches.
According to the local press through the years, every 30 or 40 years, the cemetery would become in dire need repairs, fencing and tidying up, and campaigns would be launched to restore it.
As we celebrate Canada 150, here at the Old Protestant Burying ground we celebrate the fact that this cemetery has been closed for almost 150 years, as of Dec 31st 1873, the year Prince Edward Island became part of Canada.. It is obvious that with this early closure date, we would not likely have Fathers of Confederation buried here, but we do have several mothers and fathers of the Fathers of Confederation, namely the parents of George Coles, John Hamilton Gray, Thomas Haviland , Edward Palmer and William Pope. We will visit some of these locations later on.
The current restoration program began in 1998 when then Mayor George MacDonald persuaded Rev Dr. Gordon Matheson to organize a committee to work on restoring the cemetery, and the rest is history, an active committee raised funds for the restoration, studied the history, compiled records of all the interment, it could document from various sources, so that what you see tonight is a well kept peaceful park like area with most stones erect. This is in place of what you would have seen 20 years ago, with the grounds growing up with bushes, many stones on the ground and broken, and the site known as a favorite drinking spot for certain people.
I want to take a few moments to talk about the stones. The majority of the stones are Wallace sandstone quarried from the site in Wallace Nova Scotia, this is the same material used in Province House and Confederation Center. There are a lot of stones of white marble, which in the thinner slabs were not very durable. People are interested Vaults and sarcophagi. The individual Sarcophagus is simply a box type monument on top of a grave. Some people expect there is a body inside the sarcophagus but this is not the case, there are several sarcophagi , some of which we will visit on the tour. We know of three vaults and there may be more. These were underground rooms in which the bodies were interred. Other monuments were various shapes of slabs and shafts. There are some table stones, which are similar to sarcophagi except they are not closed in on all sides.
As part of our research and education about the OPBG, we have researched various sources and have compiled a list of over 3200 burials, although we believe some 4 to 5000 burials have taken place .
I hope I have raised your interest so that you will want to purchase a book we have published on the history of the BG, entitled Who Departed This Life, a phrase you will see on many of the tomb stones here. They are available from at a price of $20.
Little Spirits Garden, Royal Oak Burial Park Victoria, Memorial, Victoria, BC
Installation of the precast components for the Little Spirits Garden at the Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria, BC.
This elaborate garden is located at one of the highest points of land in the Royal Oak Burial Park. Designed by Bill Pechett and Joe Daly, this beautiful site serves as a space for families to grieve pregnancy and infant loss. The nucleus of the design is the ductal commemorative house; one is given to each grieving family. It has a negative receiver that registers to one of the positive keys on the stepped base units. Szolyd cast 120 stepped base units and 300 commemorative houses, there is space for a total of 3000 houses in the gardens. The centrepiece of the design is the ceremonial table; this beautiful monolithic precast piece is used for ash internment and is the focal point of the Little Spirits Garden. This garden is the first of its kind in the world, the stunning architectural lines, and cohesive design language allow for seamless integration within the old growth of the cemetery. Szolyd is located in Victoria, BC, Vancouver Island serving Victoria, Vancouver, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Szolyd Precast Concrete Design and Manufacturing specializes in custom designed pre cast concrete products. Szolyd is located in Victoria, BC, Vancouver Island serving Victoria, Vancouver, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. 250.888.7447. szolyd.com
The Burying Ground - Come Back Home
Colebrook Productions and Barrett Creek Multimedia
Published on November 5th, 2017
Woody Forster- guitar, vocals
Devora Laye - washboard, vocal
Joseph Lubinsky-Mast - upright bass
Bonnie Northgraves - trumpet
First Nation burial ground halts $40M development in B.C.
A developer bought a piece of land in B.C., looking to make millions with a dream project. However, a local First Nation believes the site is sacred.
Natural Burial | Green Burial | Victoria BC | Royal Oak Cemetery
Natural or green burial is regarded as a statement of personal values for those who seek to minimize their impact on the local and global environment. Natural burial is available at the Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria, BC in areas we refer to as WOODLANDS interment zones.
The Coffins and Tombs of the Royal & Noble Families of Europe
The Burying Ground - Vagrants Blues
Live at the china cloud January 20th 2017
Vancouver BC, Canada
written by the Burying Ground
Video by Rod Matheson//everyday music
The Burying Ground - Slipknot
The Burying Ground perform Slipknot by Woody Guthrie
at The Heatley, Vancouver BC, Coast Salish Territories
Video by Joshua Wood
Jan 6, 2017
theburyingground.com
Green Burials at the Royal Oak Burial Park
Stephen Olson, Executive Director of the Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria, BC, Canada speaks about the recently opened Green Burial section designed by LEES+Associates Landscape Architects and Cemetery Planners.
The Burying Ground - St James Infirmary
Record Release at the China Cloud
Nov 11th 2017
The Burying Ground (w/Big Band!)
The Burying Ground 4
Fundraiser for A Voice for the Voiceless in Vancouver, BC.
Willard Asylum Burial Ground, 5,776 Patients in Unnamed Graves - Sneak Preview
Urban Exploration: Urban Exploration:
Willard Asylum Burial Ground, 5,776 Patients in Unnamed Graves - Sneak Preview
5,776 patients, or inmates of the asylum are buried in a large plot of land only marked by numbers. The cemetery is divided up into sections for Jewish, New Protestant, New Catholic, Old Protestant, Old Catholic, etc.
Of the 5,776 inmates buried here over 1,500 of the graves were dug by one man, a patient named Lawrence Mocha. Lawrence is the only person in the cemetery who now has a name after the tireless efforts of a small group who are attempting to give names to the 5,776 numbers. Lawrence's grave , Marker 45, row 2 is the only one with anything but a small number, as someone has placed a lantern at his grave.
You can read more about Lawrence and the group who are looking to give names to the numbers here:
Years ago, the graves were marked my spiked metal markers with numbers, but to make it easier for the groundskeepers to cut and maintain the lawn, they were replaced by small numbered concrete markers in the ground. In an area with tree's you can still visit graves with the original spiked markers.
One whole side of the cemetery has not been maintained, so you are not able to find the markers since the grass has not been cut.
In another far corner of the cemetery the land is potted with small trenches and holes all in perfect lined formation where, assumingly, the caskets have given to the weight and the earth has dropped.
Check out my photos from 2012 when I explored a different building on this property, and also I'm adding my new photos from 2018 as I finish and post them.
Filmed with a Nikon D7500
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Also some clips filmed with a GoPro Hero5
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Old Graves of St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Erindale, Ontario
St. Paul's Anglican Church and Cemetery is located in Erindale, Mississauga, Ontario. The land was purchased for 10 shillings back in 1828 from the Crown by the trustees to build a church and establish a cemetery on a tract of land next to the Credit River which was part of the Mississauga Indian Reserve. The church and cemetery are still in use today.
Buried among the pioneers of the area is another pioneer, one of music. The renowned Canadian Musician Oscar Peterson who died in 2007.
The Burying Ground play Doing a Stretch
Here are the Burying Ground as a duo playing the great Blind Blake song, Doing a Stretch
Granary Burying Ground
a slide show with a jaunty tune!
The Burying Ground - Wild Woman Blues
China Cloud
Nov 11th 2017
The Burying Ground - Death Don't Hear No Ones Prayers
Live at the china cloud January 20th 2017
Vancouver BC, Canada
written by the Burying Ground
Video by Rod Matheson//Everyday music