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Hillcrest Cemetery (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)

Coordinates: 44°22′52″N 64°18′55″W / 44.381157°N 64.315206°W / 44.381157; -64.315206
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The Hillcrest Cemetery is the oldest protestant cemetery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and one of the oldest in Canada.[1] The cemetery is adjacent to the Lunenburg Academy.[2] The oldest marker is dated 1761, eight years after Lunenburg was established. Hillcrest Cemetery contains 5 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and one from World War II (along with 4 Norwegian war graves from Camp Norway).[3][4]

Notable interments

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nova Scotia Archives
  2. ^ Lunenburg Academy – Historic Places
  3. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Hillcrest Cemetery
  4. ^ Canadian Fallen
  5. ^ Nova Scotia Archives
  6. ^ * Miss A. Creighton, "An Unforeclosed Mortgage," Acadiensis, October, 1905, p. 297
  7. ^ Nova Scotia Archives
  8. ^ Canadian Biography
  9. ^ Nova Archives
  10. ^ p. 185
  11. ^ "Teaser ship citations in the ship database".
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44°22′52″N 64°18′55″W / 44.381157°N 64.315206°W / 44.381157; -64.315206