St. John's Cemetery, Halifax

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Established1839
Location
CountryCanada
Coordinates 44°39′43.9″N63°37′30.1″W / 44.662194°N 63.625028°W / 44.662194; -63.625028
Owned byParish of St. John's Anglican Church, Halifax
No. of graves12,000+
Website http://stjohnscemetery.ca/
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St. John's Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia and forms a series of cemeteries in the Fairview area of Halifax, next to Fairview Lawn Cemetery and Baron de Hirsch Cemetery.

Opened in 1839, it is the final resting place for a few prominent Anglicans in Halifax:

The cemetery contains war graves of 70 Commonwealth service personnel, 62 from World War I (of whom 48 lie in the Naval Plot in Section Q) and 8 from World War II. [3]

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Coordinates: 44°39′44″N63°37′30″W / 44.66215°N 63.62500°W / 44.66215; -63.62500