A visit to the Wild Bight 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 Wild Bight Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wild Bight Cemetery (FG ID #2652649)
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 Wild Bight Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wild Bight Cemetery
Lat: 51.6081° (51° 36' 29")
Lon: -55.8842° (-55° 53' 3")
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 8 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> of the Wild Bight Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wild Bight Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- L'Anse aux Meadows Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Great Brehat Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anthony United Church Cemetery, West Street
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anthony United Church Cemetery, Fishing Point Road
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goose Cove Cemetery (New)
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Goose Cove Cemetery (Old)
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bay Methodist Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Red Bay United Church Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Wild Bight Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wild Bight Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wild Bight
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Bight
- Cooks Harbour
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wild Bight
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- North Boat Harbour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ship Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cape Onion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- L'Anse aux Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Garden Cove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Cove
- Straitsview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gunners Cove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Noddy Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Little Quirpon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Quirpon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Locks Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locks Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Cove
- Irelands Bight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Lunaire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Lunaire - Griquet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Griguet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barge Bay ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Anthony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Great Brehat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pateyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anthony Bight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wild Bight Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Wild Bight 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 Wild Bight Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wild Bight Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.6081, Longitude: -55.8842 |
| <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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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. |