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Stephanie AllenStephanie is considered by some to be a veritable wind-bag.  The fact is that she plays a wind bag (she is a bagpiper with the Toronto Scottish Regiment PIpes and Drums), but she really does have a lot to say about everything.  This blog is dedicated to Canadians and where they are buried.
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  • War grave tours offered at Brookside

    War grave tours offered at Brookside
    War grave tours offered at Brookside
    Brookside's Field of Honour, opened in 1915, is the largest and oldest military interment site in Canada. (Manitoba Historical Society)

    Tours, displays being held to inspire students and citizens From CBC News. This is not my personal blog but rather an article from the CBC Manitoba web site. The public is invited to visit the larg...

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  • Putting Canadian Cemeteries on the Map

    Custom Google Map
    Custom Google Map showing the location of the cemeteries listed in this web site.

    I am creating a custom Google Map which will include all the cemeteries listed in this web site. You can see by the current distribution that we are heavily Ontario-centric, but since that is where I ...

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  • Paving the way to progress?

    Paving the way to progress?

    The OHS has launched a petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario urging the Province of Ontario to protect the Cooley-Hatt Cemetery from real estate development. The Cooley-Hatt Cemetery is a ve...

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  • Befitting an Afterlife?

    Burrard Cemetery, North Vancouver, BC
    Burrard Cemetery, North Vancouver, BC

    When I was researching Chief Dan George's grave in Burrard Cemetery, North Vancouver I was overcome by a sense of sadness. I have never been to this cemetery, but I looked at it in Google Street ...

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