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Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is perhaps best known as the final resting place for over one hundred victims of the sinking of the Titanic. Officially known as Fairview Lawn Cemetery, the non-denominational cemetery is run by the Parks Department of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
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Onething that cannot be missed is the grave of the ‘unknown child’at Fairview Lawn. Thiscan be especially heartbreaking. When no one came forward for the little boy, the crew of the Mackay-Bennett took care of thefuneral arrangements. It was the crew of this cable ship that had found him. Tothis day, visitors leave flowers and teddy bears for the b...
Check out my Halifax map to find the location of the Fairview Lawn, Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch cemeteries. The Baron de Hirsch is now known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery.
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Apr 15, 2012 · 121 victims of the Titanic disaster are interred at Fairview, most of them memorialized by grey, granite markers that softly outline a shape that resembles the hull of a ship.
Dec 20, 2022 · This place is called Fairview Lawn Cemetery, and it's where the most Titanic passengers are buried in one place in the world. The gravesites are all grouped together in three lines, and according to the video, the White Star Line actually paid for their headstones.
The Fairview Lawn Cemetery holds the graves of 121 victims of the Titanic. The graves are arranged in four lines on a sloping hillside within the cemetery, to a scheme commissioned by the White Star Line from surveyor F W Christie. The majority of headstones are small black-granite grave markers.
How many are buried in Halifax? 150 Titanic victims are buried in Halifax. Of the 337 bodies recovered, 119 were buried at sea. 209 were brought back to Halifax. 59 were claimed by relatives and shipped to their home communities.
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Jun 17, 2016 · Mr. Dawson is one of 121 people from the Titanic buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, their graves arranged in the shape of a ship’s hull. It is the largest collection...
