Beechwood Cemetery opened in 1873, fourteen years after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital of the Province of Canada, and six years after Ottawa became the capital of…

AS YOU STROLL THROUGH BEECHWOOD CEMETERY, one of the highlights is the Nicholas Flood Davin Monument. Members of the Conservative Party erected the monument in 1903 for their fellow MP…

Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada was established in 1873 on 160 acres of land. Since its founding, there have been over 85,000 peoples buried at Beechwood, including many prominent…

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…