Adjacent to the Field of Honour in Section 27 where War Dead and Veterans are buried, sits a small stone building. This small building is an important early military memorial…

Nelles Woods Timmerman was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1913 and was educated there. He studied mining engineering at Queen’s University in the 1930s, ran out of money for the…

Madge Macbeth (nee Madge Hamilton Lyons) was a Canadian pioneer in the literary field defending women’s rights and tackling pertinent political and social issues. She was a prolific writer authoring…

After years of consideration, hesitation, and due diligence, vice president Charles Thorburn had shoveled the first sod for a community mausoleum. Looking on had been cemetery representatives along with the…

Overlooking the Parliament of Canada, Poet’s Hill stands tall above the city that has changed so much since Beechwood first opened its doors in 1873. The meandering path climbing alongside…

The Hall of Colours, created in 2007, is a dignified and honourable resting place for unit Colours which are to be laid-up. The retired Colours (flags) of Canada’s army, naval…

The painting by Emily Mary Bibbens Warren, titled: “ Canada’s Tribute, The Great War 1914–1919 or Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe’s Monument in Westminster Abbey” represents a Chaplain laying…

James Mather Section 41, Lot 97 James Mather was born in 1833 in the Scottish fishing village of Usan, located about 60 miles (100 km) along the North Sea coast from…

WE OFTEN REFER TO BEECHWOOD AS “A PLACE FOR THE LIVING,” and this fall it did not disappoint. The Beechwood Cemetery Foundation was in full swing with events, tours, and…