Fort Massey Cemetery

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Photographs of
Fort Massey Cemetery

Restoration work, October 2005 to January 2006

A military burial ground dating back to the 1750s

Fort Massey is one of only two cemeteries owned and managed
by Veterans Affairs Canada. The other is in British Columbia.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Located at the intersection of Queen Street and South Street

Queen Street Entrance
GPS location: 44°38’24″N 63°34’28″W

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
South Street (left) at Queen Street (right)

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
The renovation work begins with the removal of the old wall.
Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Queen Street

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Posted on the Queen Street gate

Photographed on 4 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 28 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Queen Street

Photographed on 28 October 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Queen Street

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking northward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery

Photographed on 15 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking eastward along South Street toward Queen Street

Photographed on 19 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking eastward along South Street toward Queen Street

Photographed on 19 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery, a tombstone
One tombstone in Fort Massey Cemetery, 25th October 1843

Photographed on 26 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 26 November 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking southward along Queen Street toward South Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking eastward along Queen Street from South Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 8 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking southward along Queen Street toward South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Looking westward along South Street from Queen Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005

Halifax: Fort Massey cemetery
Two workmen building concrete forms along South Street

Photographed on 15 December 2005


Fort Massey Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs, Ottawa
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/fortmassey


Fort Massey Cemetery
by Mike Campbell
http://www.mikecampbell.net/fortmassey.htm