A visit to the Yates 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 Yates Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Yates Cemetery (FG ID #2234497)
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 Yates Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yates Cemetery
Lat: 49.3031° (49° 18' 11")
Lon: -124.3305° (-124° 19' 49")
As an estimate, the Yates Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Parksville.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Yates Cemetery:
- Pages specific to British Columbia:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Yates Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yates Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Parksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- French Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Errington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Errington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errington
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Errington <3>
- Qualicum Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Qualicum Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualicum Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Qualicum Beach <3>
- Hilliers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilliers came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliers
- Coombs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coombs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coombs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coombs <3>
- Nanoose Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nanoose Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanoose Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nanoose Bay <3>
- Dashwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dashwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dashwood
- Lantzville Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lantzville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- False Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lasqueti
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lasqueti came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasqueti
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Dunsmuir
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunsmuir came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunsmuir
- Qualicum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Qualicum came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualicum
- Wellington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- East Wellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wellington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wellington
- Departure Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Departure Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Departure Bay
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 11 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Yates Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yates Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Knox United Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Qualicum Beach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alberni Valley Memorial Gardens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery is located in Nanaimo.
- The Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowen Road Cemetery
- Nanaimo Public Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171104 <1>
- Hornby Island Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- The St. Peter's Cemetery has also been known as:
- River Bend Cemetery
- River Bend RC Cemetery
- St. Peter's / River Bend Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414324 <1>
- Denman Island Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ladysmith Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ladysmith Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ladysmith.
- The Ladysmith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladysmith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407121 <1>
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 Yates 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 Yates Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3031, Longitude: -124.3305 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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. |