The Graveyard Rabbit of British Columbia, Canada

Looks like the same angel, before the stone was re...

2010-09-19T17:05:49.417-07:00

Looks like the same angel, before the stone was repaired.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/etaoinshrdlu/465594250

This is a very interesting topic and something I h...

2010-03-29T15:54:04.774-07:00

This is a very interesting topic and something I had not really thought about.
When the time comes for decisions I will certainly think about this.
Thanks,
Evelyn

I enjoyed reading your blogs. You have posted som...

2009-12-29T09:22:25.274-08:00

I enjoyed reading your blogs. You have posted some interesting observations.

I just wanted to mention that one of the things th...

2009-12-27T18:35:21.692-08:00

I just wanted to mention that one of the things that I particularly admire about your posts are the number of useful links you provide.
Evelyn in Montreal

How beautiful, Diane! I love that you gave us so m...

2009-12-16T14:44:37.875-08:00

How beautiful, Diane! I love that you gave us so much information about the location of Cemetery Pt and Shoal Lake. Also, the list of places containing the word Cemetery should be most helpful to researchers in that area. The postcard is indeed special.
Judy

If you're interested Diane, this would make a ...

2009-12-08T18:29:45.092-08:00

If you're interested Diane, this would make a terrific entry in the White Festival. It's from a while ago but it's difficult to find a postcard from one of the Graveyard Rabbit sites and you have two on this page that would work.
If you're interested drop me a line,
Evelyn

I was born and raised on Harling point. I delivere...

2009-11-21T12:37:29.622-08:00

I was born and raised on Harling point. I delivered The Colonist (morning paper) for years (1976-1980) I walked my dog down there for my whole childhood.
It is a beautiful place. You can alway find things (mostly garbage) on the beach there. There used to be an open sewer that literally was pointed up so it was like a fountain. Used to find condoms on the beach all the time. ( I didnt know they were condoms, thought they were balloons) That outfall has been covered up now and a pipe extending the opening farther out. There used to be a big white owl that came to the cemetery ever year, but that stopped long ago. About the fung shui... Since I knew everybody down there, I know that bad things did happen there, so its not all peaches and cream. There was a chinese man in a shack there a long time ago. He was the keeper of the bones. For a small fee, you could look at the bones. There used to be a procession done by chinese people around easter I think, They'd walk down to the cemetary with a huge roasted pig, put it on the altar and put coins and insence in the little garden on the altar.
As a kid, I thought it was used for human sacrafice.
There is a family named "Stuart" who lived across the street. Ross, Ian and Guy would know more stories, they mowed the grass there for years.

What a wonderful series of events!I am very enviou...

2009-10-21T14:24:25.301-07:00

What a wonderful series of events!I am very envious!

That is an impressive list. I can't think of a...

2009-10-12T16:20:34.849-07:00

That is an impressive list. I can't think of anything offhand that you have missed.

Wow, this is great. By the way, do you have any id...

2009-09-03T15:56:01.666-07:00

Wow, this is great. By the way, do you have any idea whether the demand for these tours is big? Because they could possibly serve as tourist attractions in Vancouver.

Regards, Jay.

Well my snarky side comes out when talking of epit...

2009-08-11T14:23:36.002-07:00

Well my snarky side comes out when talking of epitaphs. For Julia Child, how about:

"Well folks, the timer just went off . . ."

"Stick a fork in me. I'm done!"

Great postcard!! Wish I had seen it forst! (smile...

2009-05-12T20:17:00.000-07:00

Great postcard!! Wish I had seen it forst! (smile)

It never ceases to amaze me - the types of postcar...

2009-05-12T13:35:00.000-07:00

It never ceases to amaze me - the types of postcards that people think of producing - and where did they sell this one, I wonder! (smile)
Evelyn in Montreal

Very interesting blog. I have never seen anything...

2009-03-01T15:24:00.000-08:00

Very interesting blog. I have never seen anything like this cemetery. Thank you for sharing.

What an amazingly well-researched post! Wonderful ...

2009-02-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

What an amazingly well-researched post! Wonderful reading!

Thanks for that information. Someone might come ac...

2009-01-29T20:41:00.000-08:00

Thanks for that information. Someone might come across some other information - local BC papers did sometimes comment on events like this. I do read historical BC papers often so I will keep this in mind when reading about Victoria. Now I wonder too if it might be possible to read one or two of the banners shown in the film - the information may not identify the deceased, but I will ask a couple of people about that.

The archival record for this film clip says only "...

2009-01-29T12:39:00.000-08:00

The archival record for this film clip says only "Victoria, B.C. Yates Street. Delegation of Chinese Canadians follows horse-drawn hearse to cemetery."

Apart from the date of 1918, we don't have any other information about the film! -- Jennifer Nicol, Library and Archives Canada

What an interesting article - and I love your phot...

2009-01-15T18:02:00.000-08:00

What an interesting article - and I love your photos!

Diane, Thanks for this link to a discussion of a m...

2008-11-26T05:44:00.000-08:00

Diane, Thanks for this link to a discussion of a most important scientific tool used to find lost burial sites.

The debate about "grave dowsing" still rages in my home county with even some members of the local historical society advocating the continued use of this pseudo-science to locate graves with coathanger wire or twigs of willow or peach. I am happy to see this information about ground penetrating radar devices used to locate lost burials.

Terry Thornton
Fulton, Mississippi USA

Beautiful tribute. Happy WW:)

2008-11-11T19:50:00.000-08:00

Beautiful tribute. Happy WW:)

I'm always amazed at how beautiful Vancouver is --...

2008-10-31T12:13:00.000-07:00

I'm always amazed at how beautiful Vancouver is --- and this cemetery is stunning. I had no idea it was so large --- 100,000 burials is a large cemetery!

Thanks for sharing these photographs.

Terry

Those are absolutely beautiful--thanks for sharing...

2008-10-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Those are absolutely beautiful--thanks for sharing them. I love that the graveyard sits in the shadow of a mountain.