A visit to the Watson Lake 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 Watson Lake Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Watson Lake Cemetery (FG ID #2408672)

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 Watson Lake Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watson Lake Cemetery

Lat:   60.0207°   (60° 1' 14")

Lon:   -128.5832°   (-128° 34' 59")

As an estimate, the Watson Lake Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Watson Lake.

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 helpful 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 Watson Lake Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Yukon:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • From Find-A-Grave:
  • The Watson Lake Cemetery (FG ID #2408672)
  • From Cyndi's List:
  • Cemeteries of Yukon
  • Cemetery Junction:
  • Directory for Yukon
  • From FamilySearch:
  • Cemeteries Wiki for Yukon
  • From Interment.net:
  • Cemeteries of Yukon
• About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
  • Although we don't have a link to the Watson Lake 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 7 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Watson Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watson Lake Cemetery, with the nearest first.

• Watson Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Lake
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watson Lake <3>
• Lower Post
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Post came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Post
• Liard River 3
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liard River 3 came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liard River 3
• Fireside
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fireside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside
• Two Mile Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Mile Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Mile Village
• Upper Liard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Liard came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Liard
• Two and One-Half Mile Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two and One-Half Mile Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two and One-Half Mile Village

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

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 Watson Lake Cemetery:

• Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2408672

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yukon Territory: www.gov.yk.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 Watson Lake Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 60.0207, Longitude: -128.5832
<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.