Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park, a neighbourhood of Toronto. The cemetery has kilometres of drives and walking paths interspersed with fountains, statues and botanical gardens, as well as rare and distinct trees. It was originally laid out by German-born landscape architect Henry Adolph Engelhardt, inspired by the European and American garden cemeteries of the 19th century, and with influences from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston.
The cemetery's mausoleum and crematorium
A photograph of the cemetery's public vault, 1891.
The Visitation Centre was completed in 2009.
Mausoleum for Timothy Eaton, founder of Eaton's department stores.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Mount Auburn Cemetery in June 2005
A panoramic view of the Downtown Boston skyline as seen from Washington Tower at the cemetery
Bigelow Chapel
Fir Avenue mark in cemetery