A visit to the Western Shore 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 Western Shore Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Western Shore Cemetery (FG ID #2263750)
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 Western Shore Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Western Shore Cemetery
Lat: 44.5175° (44° 31' 2")
Lon: -64.3144° (-64° 18' 51")
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Western Shore Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nova Scotia:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Western Shore 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 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Western Shore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Western Shore Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Western Shore
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Western Shore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Shore
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Western Shore <4>
- Martins Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Point
- Martins River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins River
- Chester Basin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester Basin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Basin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester Basin <4>
- Gold River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold River
- Gold River 21
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold River 21 came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold River 21
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marriotts Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marriotts Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marriotts Cove
- Middle River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
- Mahone Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Chester came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chester
- Maders Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chester Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester Grant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Grant
- Blockhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blockhouse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blockhouse <4>
- Second Peninsula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Second Peninsula came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Peninsula
- Tancook Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tancook Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tancook Island
- East River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East River <4>
- Maitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Heckmans Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maitland Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Masons Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunenburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lunenburg <4>
- Blandford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blandford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blandford <4>
- Deep Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Cove
- Middle New Cornwall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle New Cornwall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle New Cornwall
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 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> of the Western Shore Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Western Shore Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Martin's Anglican Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Baptist Cemetery
- Pine Hill / United Baptist Cemetery
- United Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2309237 <1>
- Bayview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Mahone Bay.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
- Blockhouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garden of Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heckman's Island Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- First South Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Barnabas Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dayspring Community Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Middle LaHave Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Old St. James Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sims Settlement Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sims Settlement Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sims Settlement Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Bridgewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Western Shore Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Western Shore Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5175, Longitude: -64.3144 |
| <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. |