Fort Massey Cemetery - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Veteran Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Fort Massey Cemetery is a military cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia dating back to the 1750s, and is the resting place for British and Canadian soldiers, veterans and spouses.

The Cemetery contains 86 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 41 from the Second World War. Most of these graves are in a plot at the lower end of the cemetery, next to which stands the Cross of Sacrifice.

The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Government of Canada and the grounds are open for visitation from 8:00 a.m. until sunset.

The link below allows you to search the Grave Database, view the Survey Plan and read a map to cemetery.

The Halifax (Fort Massey) Memorial stands within the cemetery and commemorates two servicemen who were killed in a 1917 explosion but whose bodies were not found. That explosion occurred on December 6th in Halifax Harbour (The Narrows) when SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo. The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons and it leveled much of the city. Over 2,000 people died.

Date cemetery was established: 1750s Visiting hours: 8:00 a.m. to sunset Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/25/2017 Lynx Humble visited it