A visit to the Colwood Pioneer 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 Colwood Pioneer Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Colwood Pioneer Cemetery (FG ID #2519234)
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 Colwood Pioneer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
Lat: 48.4388° (48° 26' 19")
Lon: -123.4880° (-123° 29' 16")
Adjacent to the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery and just to the northeast is the Hatley Memorial Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Colwood Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Veteran's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quadra Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Royal Oak Burial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ross Bay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sooke Harbour Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Muir Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Port Crescent Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Ocean View Cemetery is located in Clallam County (WA)
- Mt. Angeles Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Angeles Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Angeles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Angeles Cemetery is located in Clallam County (WA)
- Lopez Union Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pender Island Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Colwood Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Langford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- View Royal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <5>
- Metchosin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Malahat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malahat came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malahat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malahat <5>
- Oak Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <5>
- Milnes Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milnes Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnes Landing
- Cadboro Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gordon Head
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Head
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Saseenos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saseenos came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saseenos
- Keating
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Sooke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brentwood Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Bay
- Leechtown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bamberton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bamberton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamberton
- Sooke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saanichton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cliffside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cliffside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Ardmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Colwood Pioneer 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 Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Colwood Pioneer 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 Colwood Pioneer Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4388, Longitude: -123.4880 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |