Bethel Union Pioneer Cemetery
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Bethel Union Pioneer Cemetery

Also known as Bethel Cemetery , Bethel Union Cemetery , Sunnidale Union Cemetery

Clearview, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

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  • Get directions 2249 Creemore Ave.
    Clearview, Simcoe County, Ontario L0M 1N0 Canada
    Coordinates: 44.38518, -79.97738
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Bethel Union is a pioneer cemetery that is the final resting spot of both black and white settlers who lived in the Clearview Twp. area.
Some 80 headstones dot the grounds and there are more than 100 unmarked graves beneath tall birch trees, containing the remains of blacks that once lived in the community.
Many buried in the cemetery are slaves or the descendents of slaves who came to Canada via the famous Underground Railway. Others had found their way here after the American Revoution and some, following the Civil War, which finally resulted in the abolition of slavery.
These freedom seekers migrated into what was then the great pine forests of Old Sunnidale Township (now known as Simcoe County Forests) in search of some work and a living.

NOTE:
On one side of the grounds there was a Sign
(Journey Into the Past)
leading to a path into the forest to depict
how it was back then.

There was also a mound remembering those
who died from the epidemic.















Bethel Union is a pioneer cemetery that is the final resting spot of both black and white settlers who lived in the Clearview Twp. area.
Some 80 headstones dot the grounds and there are more than 100 unmarked graves beneath tall birch trees, containing the remains of blacks that once lived in the community.
Many buried in the cemetery are slaves or the descendents of slaves who came to Canada via the famous Underground Railway. Others had found their way here after the American Revoution and some, following the Civil War, which finally resulted in the abolition of slavery.
These freedom seekers migrated into what was then the great pine forests of Old Sunnidale Township (now known as Simcoe County Forests) in search of some work and a living.

NOTE:
On one side of the grounds there was a Sign
(Journey Into the Past)
leading to a path into the forest to depict
how it was back then.

There was also a mound remembering those
who died from the epidemic.















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  • Added: 8 Feb 2014
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2529554