A visit to the Powell River Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Powell River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Powell River Cemetery (FG ID #1968305)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Powell River Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Powell River Cemetery
Lat: 49.8737° (49° 52' 25")
Lon: -124.5356° (-124° 32' 8")
Name Variations for Powell River Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Powell River Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Powell River Cemetery:
- Pages specific to British Columbia:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Powell River Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 16 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Powell River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Powell River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cranberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Powell River
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powell River <4>
- Westview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Sliammon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sliammon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliammon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sliammon <4>
- Myrtle Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtle Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Point
- Blubber Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Van Anda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brew Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brew Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brew Bay
- Lang Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall School Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall School Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall School Junction
- Lund
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lund came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lund <4>
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Gillies Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gillies Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillies Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gillies Bay <4>
- Savary Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saltery Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltery Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltery Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltery Bay <4>
- Bliss Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Landing
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 6 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> of the Powell River Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Powell River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woodland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Woodland Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2541606 <1>
- Courtenay Civic Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Courtenay Municipal Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby Island Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Denman Island Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Denman Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denman Island Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2591114 <1>
- Cumberland Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cumberland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cumberland Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cumberland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Powell River Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Powell River Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8737, Longitude: -124.5356 |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |