ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP CHURCHES
Free Methodist Church
Corner of 10th Side Road and Hilton Road
Island Bible Chapel
Littleton Street, Richards Landing
Harmony St. Marks United Church
Richards Street, Richards Landing
ISLAND CEMETERIES
JOCELYN TOWNSHIP
Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery is located on the north side of Hwy. 548 (Hilton Rd.) between the Huron Line and ‘A’ Line. The cemetery is located in the churchyard of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church. The first burials were about 1886. It is still an active cemetery.
Tenby Bay Cemetery is located on the west side of the 5th Side Road, between the 2nd and 4th Concession. It was originally affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, but is now non-denominational, and the Twp. of Jocelyn overseas the care and maintenance of the Cemetery. The first known burial was in 1886. It is still an active cemetery.
Maple Mountain Grove Cemetery is located on the ‘P’ Line. The church was built in 1880 as a Methodist church. The cemetery is now non-denominational and maintained by a group of local residents. It is still an active cemetery.
Old Fort Cemetery is located on the right-hand side of the Fort Road off of the A Line. It is owned and maintained by Parks Canada. Established about 1799, it is no longer active.
Abandoned Catholic Cemetery is located on the southwest corner of Lot 8, Concession U, Crown Land on the ‘U’ Line. There are only two marked gravesites, dating it to the early 1900’s. Depressions in the ground indicate other burials. It is still owned by the Catholic Church, although local residents have marked it, brushed it out some and repaired the gravesites. It is no longer active.
HILTON TOWNSHIP AND HILTON BEACH
St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery is located in the village of Hilton Beach and can be reached by taking Hwy. 548 east out of the village to Ash Street. Turn right and proceed up the hill to an unmarked lane off to the right and follow it to the end. The church of St. Boniface, located at the corner of Maple and Second Sts. in the village, was built in 1906. Burials in the cemetery took place shortly after that. It is no longer active.
Grace United Cemetery is located on Hilton Rd. in Hilton Twp., just west of the intersection of Base Line and Hwy. 548. Originally the church was located there also, but later moved down in to Hilton Village. Originally named the Hilton Beach United Church, the name was changed to Grace United Church in 1956 following the death of a faithful parishioner, Miss Grace Steinburg. The first burial took place in December of 1881. It is still an active cemetery.
St. John’s Anglican Cemetery is located on Hwy. 548 (Cedar St.), Lot B, Conc. 16 of Hilton Twp. The church originally sat in the churchyard, was moved down to Hilton Village in the 1920’s, and returned to it original setting in 2002. The earliest burials took place in 1882. It is still an active cemetery.
Kaskawan Point Cemetery is one of the oldest known cemeteries on St. Joseph Island. It is located on Conc. XII (12), a Crown Land lot near the point of the west side of the Milford Haven inlet, and can only be reached by boat. In the early 1800’s it was an Indian burial ground marked by small huts or shelters where foodstuffs and tools were placed to assist in the deceased’s journey into the thereafter. Over the years, these have disappeared and only one permanent marker remains. It is not maintained due mainly to its location, and is no longer active.
ST. JOSEPH TWP.
St. Joseph Township Cemetery is located on the south side of the 10th Side Road, between the ‘D’ Line and the ‘F & G’ Line. It is non-denominational and serves all the Churches within the township and throughout St. Joseph Island. The earliest known burials began in 1887 and it is still active.
Church of Mary Cemetery is located on the Huron Line at Sailors Encampment. It was originally a Catholic Cemetery, located in the churchyard of the Church of Mary. The Catholic Church still owns the church, but has turned the care of the churchyard over to a group of local citizens who maintain it. Earliest burials took place in the 1880s. It is no longer active.
MISCELANIOUS KNOWN CEMETERIES
Camp D’Ours Island Indian Burial Grounds was located on the shore of Camp D’Ours at Graveyard Point. It was small, containing three graves marked with wooden crosses of Natives who had died in the mid to late 1800’s. All traces of this cemetery and burial markers disappeared in the 1920’s.
Gawas Bay Mission Cemetery has not been positively located; however, it was referred to by Bishop Vilatte, who presided over a small Jacobite Mission located on the shore of Gawas Bay between 1899 and 1903. He claimed to have established a cemetery there, and it is believed there was one burial, a young Native girl from the area.
