City of Yellowknife Municipal Historic Site

Back Bay Cemetery

Yellowknife, Territoires Du Nord Ouest

Back Bay Cemetery

Photo: E. Hawkins/GNWT

Construction
1936–1946
Reconnaissance
1996
Par
Ville de Yellowknife

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Description

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.

SourceCity 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

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Emplacement

62.46974° N, 114.36487° W

Itinéraire (s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

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