Burnsland Cemetery

Burnsland Cemetery is a 13 ha (32 acres) urban cemetery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada containing about 22,000 graves.[1] It is located in the city's southeast in the predominantly industrial district of Manchester, and is the burial place for many of Calgary's First World War veterans.[1]

The cemetery is named after Patrick Burns, one of the Big Four founders of the Calgary Stampede.[2] Burns was a local rancher and meat packer who donated the land to the city in 1922.[1][3] Along with St. Mary's Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Chevra Kadisha (Jewish) Cemetery, and the Chinese Cemetery, Burnsland Cemetery is recognized by Heritage Calgary as a culturally significant historical landscape,[4] and every summer the city offers guided walking tours through the cemetery district.[5]

  1. ^ a b c City of Calgary Parks Management. "Burnsland Cemetery". calgary.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography. "Burns, Patrick – Volume XVI (1931–1940)". biographi.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ City of Calgary Heritage Planning. "Discover Historic Calgary resources". calgary.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. ^ Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources. "Inventory". Heritage Calgary. Archived from the original on 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ^ City of Calgary Parks Management. "Cemetery tours". calgary.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-23.