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Back Bay Cemetery

Yellowknife, Territoires du Nord-Ouest, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1996/10/15

Gravesite at Back Bay Cemetery, February 2004.; E. Hawkins/GNWT
Back Bay Cemetery, February 2004.
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Autre nom(s)

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Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1936/01/01 à 1946/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2004/05/28

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Back Bay Cemetery, a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site, consists of 35 gravesites from 1936-46. The cemetery is located along the waterfront in Jackfish Draw, adjacent to Back Bay, and on Great Slave Lake.

Valeur patrimoniale

Back Bay Cemetery is Yellowknife's first graveyard. The cemetery is associated with many of Yellowknife's pioneering families, and the early years of Yellowknife. Its surrounding natural environment continues to capture this pioneering spirit.

Back Bay is the only cemetery from the early 1900's within city limits. The majority of gravesites in the cemetery are marked by wooden picket fences, which are typical of this period.

Back Bay Cemetery is in a very attractive and convenient waterfront location. It is located on a popular walking trail, and is accessible by boat, making it a valued community resource.

Source: City of Yellowknife By-Law 3924

Éléments caractéristiques

- The natural surroundings of trees, water and rocky cliffs
- Well-aged and weathered patina of the grave markers
- Wooden picket fence grave markers, and other grave elements typical of northern Christian burial styles
- The inter-relationships between the gravesites, and the gravesites and waterfront, which respect historical patterns of accessibility and visibility
- Well-groomed yet rustic walking trails

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Autorité de reconnaissance

Ville de Yellowknife

Loi habilitante

City of Yellowknife Heritage By-Law

Type de reconnaissance

City of Yellowknife Municipal Historic Site

Date de reconnaissance

1996/10/15

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Un territoire à peupler
Les établissements

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Religion, rituel et funéraille
Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos

Architecte / Concepteur

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Constructeur

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Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

City Hall Yellowknife, Yellowknife, By-Law 3924.

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

NT0005

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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