Final Resting Place For Over 100 Titanic Victims - Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Nova Scotia
When Titanic sank, Halifax was the closest major seaport with rail connections and it was the base for ships searching and recovering bodies from the Titanic. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia is perhaps best know as the final resting place for 121 victims of the of the RMS Titanic sinking. Most of the victims are memorialized with a small gray granite cube, with a name and date of death. Some other victims have never been identified and their stones just contain a number and date of death, while other families paid for larger stones with additional inscriptions.
A full list of Titanic victims can be found here.
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As you can see in the video clip above, most headstones are just a block, some with names and some with just a number (victims were numbered in the order they were pulled from the water). The headstones were paid for by the White Star Line, owners of the Titanic. Additional inscriptions were applied where a victim was identified, and paid for by families and friends. Where subsequent research has allowed other victims to be identified, the graves have been inscribed with the victim's name. These were added either to the top or front of the headstone. The larger, more decorative graves at Fairview Lawn were commissioned specifically by the victims families, friends or other groups.
Three ships were sent from Halifax to find victims, and they recovered over 300. About 100 were buried at sea, families that could afford it, had their dead relatives transported elsewhere for burial.
What you should know:
Once you enter the cemetery, you will see “Titanic Grave Site” signs to guide you to the the right section.
Be respectful of other mourners and visitors by speaking softly.
Parking near the grave site is usually available.
Location: 3720 Windsor Street, Halifax, NS, Canada
