VanierNow is pleased to introduce a new website devoted exclusively to Notre-Dame Cemetery—the largest Catholic cemetery in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. In collaboration with Jean Yves Pelletier, a local historian and author, the site presents a historical overview of the cemetery, lists over 100 prominent figures and features a photographic account of what is one of Ottawa’s most beautiful and most historic cemeteries. Notre-Dame Cemetery, located on the eastern edge of Vanier, is the final resting place of more than 130,000 individuals, including Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh and former Vanier (then Eastview) mayor Donat Grandmaître.
The new bilingual website, the first of its kind, can be accessed directly by visiting www.NotreDameOttawa.ca
Photo Credits
Top: Monument of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Mike Steinhauer); Detail of a tomb (Alexis Loriot); Scott D'Arcy (City of Ottawa Archives; CA-1933)
Middle: Field of Honour (MS); Entrance to cemetery (Library and Archives Canada; PA-043835)
Bottom: Jean Dallaire (National Gallery of Canada); Suzanne Cloutier (Cover of Mon Film magazine); Mausoleum of Rivet family (MS); Self-portrait by KarshYousuf (Library and Archives Canada; PA-212511)
The new bilingual website, the first of its kind, can be accessed directly by visiting www.NotreDameOttawa.ca
Photo Credits
Top: Monument of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Mike Steinhauer); Detail of a tomb (Alexis Loriot); Scott D'Arcy (City of Ottawa Archives; CA-1933)
Middle: Field of Honour (MS); Entrance to cemetery (Library and Archives Canada; PA-043835)
Bottom: Jean Dallaire (National Gallery of Canada); Suzanne Cloutier (Cover of Mon Film magazine); Mausoleum of Rivet family (MS); Self-portrait by KarshYousuf (Library and Archives Canada; PA-212511)
