Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery
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Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery

Also known as Cimetière Notre-Dame d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada

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When the City of Ottawa closed its Lower Town cemeteries (Barracks Hill Cemetery: 1788-1844 and Sandy Hill Cemetery: 1844-1872), His Excellency Joseph Eugène Guigues, first Bishop of Ottawa (1848), purchased 20 acres of land from Mr. Bradley for Catholic burial. This land was to be known as Notre-Dame cemetery. It is the oldest and largest Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. Currently, the 20 hectares of the cemetery constitute the final resting place of more than 130,000 individuals.
When the City of Ottawa closed its Lower Town cemeteries (Barracks Hill Cemetery: 1788-1844 and Sandy Hill Cemetery: 1844-1872), His Excellency Joseph Eugène Guigues, first Bishop of Ottawa (1848), purchased 20 acres of land from Mr. Bradley for Catholic burial. This land was to be known as Notre-Dame cemetery. It is the oldest and largest Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. Currently, the 20 hectares of the cemetery constitute the final resting place of more than 130,000 individuals.

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