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Official recognition refers to the cemetery in its defined boundaries, including landscape elements, pathways, tombstones and funerary monuments. Heritage Value. Mount Pleasant Cemetery was designated a national historic site of Canada in 2000.
- 375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, Ontario
Mount Pleasant Cemetery One of Canada’s most historic cemeteries, Mount Pleasant has served Toronto since 1876. It is the final resting place of many prominent Canadians, including former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; Canada’s first female surgeon, Jennie Smillie-Robinson; popular Métis artist Youngfox; and renowned pianist ...
Sep 16, 2023 · The Northrop-Gooderham mausoleum, built into a rolling hill in Plot T, is the joint resting place of two families whose names can best be recognized from the Northrop Lyman medicine company and...
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada is located in the middle of the city of Toronto, Ontario where it occupies some 83 hectares. Established in the late 19th century in an area which, at that time, was on the northern edge of urban settlement, the cemetery was designed as an informal, naturalistic environment where lawns, shrub...
Mount Pleasant Cemetery was designated a national historic site of Canada in 2000. It is designated because: - it is an outstanding surviving example of picturesque design inspired by the 19th-century tradition of rural, American cemeteries defined by winding paths and roads, irregularly shaped islets, panoramic perspectives, and monuments inserted...
The key elements that contribute to the heritage character of this site include: - the cemetery’s location in the midst of the city of Toronto; - the dramatic site with variable topography including ravine and plateau; - the landscape of 83 hectares laid out as in a park-like manner with planning in the “picturesque” style, defined by curvilinear p...
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park , a neighbourhood of Toronto.
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May 26, 2021 · Built in 1876, the Mount Pleasant Cemetery (operated by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries) is now the largest cemetery in Toronto covering 205 acres between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue, just north of St. Clair Avenue.
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As we approach turn-of-the-century records at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, I thought you might be interested in a little of the cemetery’s history. Mount Pleasant’s official opening was on Saturday, November 6, 1876—133 years ago, almost to the day.
