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DALESVILLE PUBLIC CEMETERY
LOCATION AND ACCESS

The Dalesville Public Cemetery is located on Lot 16, Range 10, Chatham Township
Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec, approximately 90 miles (144 Kilometers) from
Ottawa-Hull .

To reach the cemetery from the south side of the Ottawa River, via highway 17,
drive through the main street of Hawkesbury, cross the Perley Bridge into Quebec,
proceed north to highway 148, then east to St. Philippe. Turn north on highway 327
for 5 miles (8 Kilometers).

STATISTICS

Dimensions (approx.) : 485 feet (148 meters) by 155 feet (47 m. )

No. of rows : 36

No. of remaining stones : 163

No. of broken stones behind the
utility building : 16

Oldest person buried : Isabella Fbtt #1, died aged 98.

Earl iest birth : Duncan McPhail (1773-1832) #IO7

1 ] John McFarlane (1773-1842) #(d)

Earliest buriel : John McGibbon (1 781-1831 ) #91 & #(O)

John Robertson (1 804-1 831 ) #(j )

CONDITION

The cemetery is well maintained and free from bush and weeds, although some
work is required in order to Save the broken stones located under the evergreen
trees behind the utility building. These stones are very old and in order to Save
them they should be pieced together and embedded in cement.

Some families have erected new stones to replace the old ones mentioned above,
but some important details were left out on, the new stones such as dates, years etc.
of births and deaths. This is one more reason for restoring the old broken stones.

HISTORY

The land was given by John McGibbon. He came to Lachute in 1820, and lived . :
there a few years before settling in Dalesville on Lot 16, range 10. That he was a
man of public spirit is inferred from the promptness with which he put an end to dis-
satisfaction and differences among his neighbors concerning the land for a graveyard.