Vieux cimetière - Pointe-aux Outardes, Québec - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Ce cimetière se trouve presqu’à la fin du cul de sac de la rue Labrie dans la municipalité Pointe-aux-Outardes, Québec, Canada. On l’appelle vieux ou ancien cimetière, car la municipalité possède un second cimetière, situé près de l’église. Ce cimetière est appelé le nouveau cimetière.

Précisons que les deux cimetières pré-datent la fondation de la paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste en 1948, ainsi que la fondation du village Pointe-aux-Outardes en 1964.

Selon différents sources, le vieux cimetière a été établit au début des années 1850 par les francophones de confession catholique romaine. Il a une superficie de 747 mètres carrés (8 041 pieds carrés). Selon un document daté du 2010, il contient 59 tombes. Alors qu’il est toujours listé comme actif, il ne semble pas être utilisé depuis des décennies. En effet, la majorité des tombes date d’avant les années 1920.

Pointe-aux-Outardes est une municipalité du Québec située dans la MRC de Manicouagan sur la Côte-Nord

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The old cemetery is located near the dead end of Labrie Street in the municipality of Pointe-aux-Outardes, Quebec, Canada. It's called old or ancient cemetery, because the municipality has a second cemetery, located near the church. This second cemetery is called the new cemetery.

Note that the two cemeteries predate the founding of the parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in 1948 and the founding of Pointe-aux-Outardes town in 1964.

According to various sources, the old cemetery was established in the early 1850s by Roman Catholics of French Canadian origine. It has an area of 747 square meters (8041 square feet). According to a document dated 2010, it contains 59 tombs. While it is still listed as active, it does not seem to be used for decades. Indeed, the majority of graves date from before the 1920s.

Pointe-aux-Outardes is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, on the southern point of the Manicouagan Peninsula between the mouths of the Outardes and Manicouagan Rivers in the region of Côte Nord.

City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Pointe-aux-Outardes, Québec, Canada Approximate number of graves: 59 Cemetery Status: Active Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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