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Ottawa, Notre-Dame Cemetery

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455 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1L, Canada
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Notre Dame Cemetery, located at 455 Montreal Road, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, opened in 1872. It is the most prominent Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. The cemetery's western edge is located in Vanier, just south of Beechwood Cemetery. Its eastern limit is St. Laurent Boulevard. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 114,000 persons.

Notable interments

  • Janis Babson (1950–1961), who drew attention to corneal transplantation as a means of restoring vision
  • Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), renowned photographer
  • Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
  • Aurel Joliat (1901–1986), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
  • Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), renowned portrait photographer
  • Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada
  • Louis-Félix Pinault (1852–1906), statesman
  • Tommy Smith (1885–1966), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
  • Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Ojibwa artist

War Graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.

 

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