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Virtual Tour Ross Bay Cemetery has the oldest surviving formal landscape design in BC and is a superb example of a Victorian-era burial ground. Its profusion of unusual trees and plantings, winding carriageways, graves with intriguing marble, sandstone and granite monuments, all bear witness to the people buried here.
Many famous Canadians and Americans are buried here, including Sir James Douglas (BC’s first governor), many subsequent premiers, coal baron Robert Dunsmuir (who built Craigdarroch Castle), Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie (the "Hanging judge), Emily Carr (world-famous artist), Billy Barker (discoverer of gold at Barkerville) and Nellie Chapman (the ‘Miners’ Angel who was featured on a US postage stamp). Look for the grave of John Dean, the disgruntled politician whose tombstone was erected many years before he died. Find the unique fire hat marker, the giant South Seas Shell on the grave of a seafaring artist, the rocketship that is a pun of the Rockett family name, the tombstone with the poem written by a black pioneer, the Japanese memorial and the Cross of Sacrifice. Some prominent people buried in RBC. Stroll on your own or join one the the Guided history tours offered regularly by the Old Cemeteries Society. Enquiries from genealogists, contacts with families having plots in these cemeteries, offers of assistance, or tax deductable donations toward cemetery preservation are welcome and appreciated. History | Gallery | Partitions | Sections | Sea Wall | Changes | Markers | Tour
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