The grave of Sir James Douglas at the Ross Bay Cemetery.

Ross Bay Cemetery, located at 1516 Fairfield Road in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, Canada was opened in 1873. Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia. Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The 27. 5 acre (111,000 m²) cemetery is part of a public park and its south side faces Ross Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions In 1911, a sea wall had to be constructed because of the severe erosion that occurred as a result of the relentless pounding of the ocean's waves. During the 1930s, the City began planting a large number of trees and today the cemetery is quite different from the original that was mainly barren ground.

The Victorian-style Ross Bay Cemetery, contains numerous elaborate mausoleums and tall pillars from the early elite. Because the city of Victoria is the capital of the province of British Columbia, until the second quarter of the 20th century when improved ferry service and air travel made mobility to and from the island much easier, most senior politicians made Victoria their permanent home. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and As such, Ross Bay Cemetery is the burial site for many of the province's premiers. This is a list of the premiers of British Columbia, Canada, since joining the Confederation in 1871

Some of the notable personalities among the more than 27,000 interred here are:

• Billy Barker (1819-1894), frontiersman, prospector
• Sir Frank Stillman Barnard (1856-1936), statesman
• Robert Beaven (1836-1920), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Sir Matthew Begbie (1819-1894), First Chief Justice of British Columbia
• Harlan Carey Brewster (1870-1918), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter
• Nellie Cashman (1845-1925), nurse and gold prospector
• Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease (1823-1905) First BC Barrister and early Supreme Court Justice
• Sarah Lindley Crease (1826-1922), artist
• Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1847-1889), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Theodore Davie (1852-1898), jurist, statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Amor De Cosmos (1825-1897), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Sir James Douglas (1803-1877), Hudson's Bay Co. William Barker (baptized 7 June 1817 &ndash 11 July 1894) was a Canadian Gold prospector and Miner Sir Francis Stillman Barnard, KCMG ( May 16 1856 &ndash April 11 1936) was a Canadian parliamentarian and Lieutenant Robert Beaven ( January 20, 1836 &ndash September 18, 1920) was a British Columbia politician and businessman Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, KT ( 9 May 1819 &ndash 11 June 1894) was a British -born British Columbian Judge Harlan Carey Brewster ( November 10, 1870 &ndash March 1, 1918) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Emily Carr ( December 13, 1871 &ndash March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the Indigenous Ellen Cashman (1845 &ndash January 4, 1925) better known as Nellie Cashman, was a native of County Cork, Ireland, who became Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease (20 August 1823 - 27 November 1905 was a British Lawyer, Judge, and politician influential in the colonies of Vancouver Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, who is usually referred to as A Theodore Davie ( Brixton, London March 22, 1852 &ndash March 7, 1898 Victoria British Columbia) was a Amor De Cosmos ( Windsor Nova Scotia August 20, 1825 – July 4, 1897 Victoria British Columbia) was a Canadian Sir James Douglas, KCB, ( August 15, 1803 – August 2 1877) was a company fur-trader and a executive, 1st Governor of British Columbia and 2nd Governor of Vancouver Island
• James Dunsmuir (1851-1920), businessman, statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Andrew Charles Elliott (1828-1889), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Roderick Finlayson (1818-1892), considered the "Father of Victoria. James Dunsmuir (b July 8, 1851, Fort Vancouver &ndash d June 6, 1920, Cowichan Bay British Columbia) was a British Andrew Charles Elliott ( Ireland c 1828 &ndash April 9, 1889 San Francisco) was a British Columbian politician and Roderick Finlayson ( 16 March 1818 &ndash 20 January 1892) was a Canadian Hudson's Bay Company officer farmer businessman "
• John Hamilton Gray (1814-1889), pre-Confederation Premier of PEI, a Father of Confederation and a BC Supreme Court Justice.
• Byron Ingemar Johnson (1890-1964), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Sir Richard McBride (1870-1917), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• Joseph Despard Pemberton (1821-1893), Surveyor-General of Vancouver Island
• Sophie Pemberton (1869-1959), painter
• Edward Gawler Prior (1853-1920), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• John Robson (1824-1892), statesman, Premier of British Columbia
• George Anthony Walkem (1834-1908) statesman, Premier of British Columbia

Although the Ross Bay Cemetery had long been considered full, the City of Victoria discovered approximately 270 unused plots in the cemetery in the late 1990s. John Hamilton Gray (born May 3, 1814, died June 5, 1889) was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick Canada, a jurist and Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the The Supreme Court of British Columbia (SCBC is the superior trial court for the Canadian province of British Columbia Byron Ingemar Johnson ( December 10, 1890 - January 12, 1964) served as the 24th Premier of the province of British Sir Richard McBride, KCMG ( December 15, 1870 &ndash August 6, 1917) was a British Columbian politician and is often considered Joseph Despard Pemberton ( July 23, 1821 &ndash November 11, 1893) was a surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Surveyor General Sophie Pemberton (1869-1959 was a Canadian painter Born in Victoria British Columbia, she was the daughter of Teresa Jane Grautoff and Joseph Despard Pemberton Edward Gawler Prior, PC (Dallowgill near Ripon, England May 21, 1853 or 1854 &ndash December 12, 1920 Victoria British John Robson ( Perth Ontario 14 March, 1824 &ndash June 29, 1892 London) was a Canadian journalist George Anthony Boomer Walkem ( Newry, November 15, 1834 &ndash January 13, 1908 Victoria British Columbia) was a Through a lottery process the City of Victoria sold seven of these plots in April 2004,[1] and an additional 65 plots in February 2007. [2] The money raised through the plot sales was used to fund refurbishment work at the Ross Bay Cemetery.

Ross Bay Cemetery was also the alleged site of satanic rituals as described in Michelle Remembers. Michelle Remembers is a book published in 1980 co-written by Canadian Psychiatrist Dr

See also

• List of cemeteries

External links

• Ross Bay Cemetery on Google Maps
• Old Cemeteries Society, Victoria Tombstone Tales of Ross Bay Cemetery
• Ross Bay Cemetery - Victoria BC
• Search for grave locations City of Victoria Archives

Coordinates: 48°24′41″N 123°20′24″W / 48.41144, -123.3399