Toronto Necropolis
Non-denominational nineteenth-century cemetery holding rebellion martyrs and a Gothic Revival chapel among fifty thousand graves.
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Toronto Necropolis guides you through the 1838 rebellion against colonial rule, when farmers Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews followed reform mayor William Lyon Mackenzie into an uprising that ended on the gallows. You'll find their memorial here, and nearby the grave of Mackenzie himself, who fled into exile before returning home. The guide also traces how this cemetery, opened in 1850, became a resting place for Torontonians turned away by the city's older churchyards. Look for the plain headstones tucked along the wall.
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