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1. historicplacesdays.ca › places › old-durham-roadOld Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery - Historic Places Days

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   The 1851 census shows almost every 50-acre lot along the Durham Road was settled by a Black family with parents born in the USA, but most children born in Upper Canada. The 117 listed Black settlers represent 12% of the total 1851 Artemesia Township population. Over time, the Black settlement diminished.

2. www.owensoundsuntimes.com › news › local-newsGrey County meets with Black pioneer cemetery committee

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   Jun 2, 2021 · The committee has cared for the municipally owned Black heritage cemetery since 1990, when it was reclaimed and dedicated. A decoration service is held annually at the cemetery and in 2015 a pavillion was opened there containing the four remaining headstones.

3. www.owensoundsuntimes.com › news › local-newsRenewed push for national historic site status at Black ...

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   Feb 25, 2022 · The Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery at the corner of Grey Road 14 and Durham Road B is now home to a monument displaying four headstones salvaged from a pile of rocks in 1990. The headstones are the remaining remnants of the mid-1800s Black settler community that according to census data once made up 12 per cent of the total Artemesia Township population.

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5. www.greyhighlands.ca › en › visit-and-exploreHeritage Grey Highlands - Grey Highlands

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   Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery: ESTABLISHED C. 1850 - 325473 DURHAM RD. B, NEAR PRICEVILLE. Overview. Click here for a pdf overview of this property.. History . This burial ground was used by people of African descent who started arriving late 1840’s to settle along the newly surveyed (Old) Durham Road.

6. greyhighlands.civicweb.net › document › 250371Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery - CivicWeb

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   1851 census shows almost every 50-acre lot along the Durham Road was settled by a Black family with parents born in the USA, but most children born in Upper Canada. The 117 listed Black settlers represent 12% of the total 1851 Artemesia Township population. Over time, the Black settlement diminished.

7. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaBlack pioneers from historic Alberta community of Campsie now ...

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   Jul 23, 2024 · The cemetery is one of the few traces that remain of the Black pioneer community of Campsie. Barrhead is about 120 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. There are now 13 permanent headstones to ...

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   Who owns Black Pioneer Cemetery?

   • This property is owned by the Municipality of Grey Highlands and is administered on their behalf by the Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery Committee. The municipal heritage committee (Heritage Grey Highlands) has applied for recognition as a National historic site for the following reasons:

   Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery - Historic Places Days

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   Is the Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery a National Historic Site?

   • The Grey Highlands Museum and Heritage Advisory Committee is renewing efforts to have the Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery at the corner of Grey Road 14 and Durham Road B designated as a national historic site. Photo submitted.

   Grey Highlands heritage committee seeks national historic site status

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   Did old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery have headstones?

   • Rumors circulate that the removed headstones were used to pave barn floors. In 1989, a group of interested citizens formed the Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery Committee to restore the burial ground and register it as a cemetery. 1990 they found four headstones in a nearby pile of rocks.

   Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery - Historic Places Days

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   How many black settlers were there in Artemesia Township in 1851?

   • The 1851 census shows almost every 50-acre lot along the Durham Road was settled by a Black family with parents born in the USA, but most children born in Upper Canada. The 117 listed Black settlers represent 12% of the total 1851 Artemesia Township population. Over time, the Black settlement diminished.

   Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery - CivicWeb

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   Why is it important to preserve black pioneer communities in Alberta?

   • Beaver said it is vital to preserve and spread awareness about the legacy of Black pioneer communities in Alberta. "It's very important, because a lot of people don't know," Beaver said, who co-founded the Black Settlers of Alberta and Saskatchewan Historical Society.

   Black pioneers from historic Alberta community of Campsie now have a

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   Was Priceville a black settler community?

   • Priceville’s Black settler history was nearly lost to time. The settler community’s cemetery, or burial ground, had been created in the sandy corner of settler Larkin Alverson’s 50-acre plot, which he received around 1850. There had been as many as 80 graves in the burial ground.

   Grey Highlands heritage committee seeks national historic site status

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9. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaA historic Alberta cemetery is being reclaimed to honour the ...

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   Feb 11, 2024 · The cemetery was established the following year on a two-acre plot. ... We learn how two sisters are working to preserve Black pioneer history in Campsie, 135 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.