Mount Pleasant Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 41.524 W 079° 23.707
17T E 629334 N 4838923
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is the last resting place of a large portion of Toronto's most prominent citizens. As the one time Town of York expanded this cemetery was established on the northern fringes of the growing city.
Waymark Code: WM120K1
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/24/2020
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery as its name suggests is an oasis of greenery and solitude surrounded by the bustle of the city. It is the last resting place of countless of Toronto’s most prominent citizens amongst whom one might count the Eatons, the Simpsons, the Masseys, Banting and Best and Steve Stavro. In the 1800s as the Town of York advanced northwards away from the lakeshore so too did the need to find burial space for the burgeoning community. In 1873 the Toronto General Burial Grounds Trustees bought a 200 acre farm north and east of to-day’s intersection of Yonge and St Clair. They hired German born Henry Engelhardt to landscape the property. He had come to their attention through his submission of plans for High Park. Engelhardt fashioned Mount Pleasant as a combination sedate garden park and functional burial ground. To-day it is a mecca for joggers and strollers. Those that take the time to read the inscriptions will find amongst them commemorations to the victims of such well publicized disasters as the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 (1,477 perished) and the crash of Air Canada Flight 621 approaching Malton Airport (now Pearson International) in 1970. Mount Pleasant Cemetery was designated of national significance in 2000. A federal plaque was installed at the Yonge Street south entrance to the western sector in early 2018.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Toronto
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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