[PHOTO] Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1)

[rfmcdonald]

Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery, located off Yonge Street just a few minutes' walk south of the Davisville subway station. It was originally opened in 1876 as a non-denominational burying ground: at the time, only Anglican and Roman Catholic cemeteries were permitted within what were then the frontiers of the City of Toronto. Now home to some 168 thousand burial sites, Mount Pleasant has become a tourist attraction of some note: Mike Filey's Mount Pleasant Cemetery is an excellent guide.

Back in July, I'd the good fortune to tour the cemetery with lux_apollo and talktooloose. After too long, finally here's some of the trip's products.

The gates of Mount Pleasant
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A not-unrepresentative grave
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"That rugged cross"
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The Davies memorial
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A more rugged cross
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Mount Pleasant Mausoleum
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The Masseys' post-mortem home
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Wiliam Alexander Farlinger
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More will come.