GC5WW7H St. James United Church Cemetery (Traditional Cache) in Nova Scotia, Canada created by WiFi902

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Hidden : 6/3/2015

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St. James United Church Cemetery

Follow the Prospect Road northward towards Halifax, past Big Indian Road (on your left), to St. James United Church (on your right). Just past the church, a road crosses what looks like someone’s yard (1068 Prospect Rd), but in reality it is the public road to St. James United Church Cemetery. The cemetery, located on land donated by Charles Drysdale, is a 10-15 minute walk from the Prospect Road and contains the remains of the some of the area’s original settling families.

Charles Drysdale (b. March 19, 1769 - d. February 17, 1843) son of John and Isabel (Bonner) Drysdale, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and his wife Ellen (Helen) Carmichael (d. February 13, 1839) were the first permanent settlers of Goodwood. Of their seven children, four were born in Nova Scotia between 1807 and 1815. These four were baptized at St. Matthew’s Church in Halifax.

Credit: Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust
Excerpt: A Walking Guide to the Old St. Margarets Bay Road
Author: Wayne Rogers (with permission)

Last week I placed four geocaches at cemetery locations west of Prospect Road. I originally decided that I wouldn't place one at this location due to the fact that this cemetery is maintained and also has had recent burials. The reason that I decided to place a cache here after all is because some of the areas earliest burials were at this cemetery, and also, the book written by Wayne Rogers, A Walking Guide to the Old St. Margarets Bay Road, now has every cemetery in it represented with a geocache placement. (Three cemeteries east of Prospect Road that are mentioned in the book Wayne wrote have had geocaches placed near them in recent years before I placed any this year.) There are a total of eight cemeteries mentioned in the book Wayne wrote and they all have a cache placed near them now.

This geocache contains no writing device. Enjoy the hike, the history, and the smiley!