# Old Burying Ground

Halifax, Canada

Halifax's first cemetery, opened in 1749 and closed in 1844, holds roughly 12,000 burials beneath about 1,200 weathered stones. A grand Crimean War arch crowned by a lion guards its Barrington Street gate.

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Coordinates: 44.6434, -63.5728

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