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LOCAI~ION AND ACCESS OTTAWA
Edina Cemetery is located in Chatham Township, Argenteuil County, Province of
Quebec, approximately 95 miles (153 Km) from Ottawa-Hull.
To wach 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, and
proceed north to Highway 148, then east to St. Philippe. Here you turn north on
Boulrward Renaud to Brownsburg till you reach the traffic lights, and from there
procr!ed north to Pine Hill and west to Edina, approx. 1.2 miles (1.9 Km) of grave1
road,, The overall distance from the lights in Brownsburg to the cemetery is 14.8
miles (23.7 Km).
CEME1:'ERY STATISTICS
No. of rows : 14
No. of remaining Stones : 52
No. of fallen or broken stones : 23 (1, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. 33. 34.
37, 46.)
Oldest person buried : Joseph Kennedy #21, died aged 94
Earl iest burial : Arthur Tomalty #12, died 1862
Most recent burial : Sarah Jane Kennedy #48, died 1943
Earl iest birth : Arthur Tomal ty #12, born 1801
The c.emetery is fairly well maintained and free from bush and weeds although some
work is required in order to Save the remaining stones. It would be nice to see al1
broke~n stones pieced together and embedded in cement. A good example of restoration
is the Scotch Road Cemetery also situated in Argenteuil County.
HISTCIRICAL SKETCH
From Cyrus Thomas' "History of the Counties of Argenteuil and Prescott " published
in 1896, page 365 we read the following:
"About four miles West of Oalesville was a post offive with the name Edina; which was
estahlished in 1874, William Tomal ty being the first post-master. He died and his
broth~er, Joseph Tomal ty, was appointed post-master in his place!
The I'ollowing is an excerpt from a letter by Mrs. Jean Mott to me:
" Edina Cemetery is believed to be a very old one and it is also said to be older
