Fairview Lawn Cemetery
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Why go
- Curved Titanic grave rows follow the land’s contour and happen to resemble a ship’s bow.
- Numbered markers identify the roughly one-third of Titanic victims buried here who remain unidentified.
- The 29 Commonwealth war graves include 20 from World War I and nine from World War II.
Know before you go
- Motorcoaches are not allowed inside the cemetery.
Don't miss
- John Law Hume’s graveTitanic orchestra violinist John “Jock” Hume is buried here; his stone bears the number 193, assigned to his body aboard the recovery ship.Fairview Lawn Cemetery
- J. Dawson’s graveMarker 227 bears the name J. Dawson and marks Joseph James Dawson, a Titanic coal trimmer.Fairview Lawn Cemetery1912
- Sidney Leslie Goodwin’s graveThe child long remembered as the “Unknown Child” was identified as 19-month-old Sidney Leslie Goodwin from Wiltshire, England. The rest of his family were not found.Fairview Lawn Cemetery
- William Denton Cox’s graveCox died while helping third-class passengers reach lifeboats.Fairview Lawn Cemetery1912
History
Before the cemetery, a blockhouse stood on this site to defend Halifax against Mi’kmaq attacks. City coroner and registrar John Henry Barnstead later chose the cemetery for Titanic victims’ burials. Sailors of CS Mackay-Bennett paid for the unidentified child’s burial marker. The cemetery also contains a mass grave for victims of the Halifax Explosion. Since the 1997 film, fans have visited J. Dawson’s grave believing it belonged to the fictional Jack Dawson.
- 1893Established on former farm smallholdings after Camp Hill Cemetery ran short of space.
- 1944Halifax took over the previously privately operated cemetery.
- 1991Six previously unidentified Titanic victims were named with help from the Titanic International Society. Their newly inscribed headstones were unveiled at a ceremony attended by survivor Louise Pope and Halifax Mayor Ronald Wallace.
Interesting facts3
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The cemetery has sections for Greek and Chinese residents.
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It has a 72-niche octagonal columbarium.
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It borders Saint John Anglican Cemetery and Baron de Hirsch Cemetery.
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Sources: Fairview Lawn Cemetery - Wikipedia · Halifax - Wikivoyage (see) · Cemeteries | Halifax | Halifax · Fairview Cemetery - Wikipedia · checked 3 Oct 2026
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Questions and answers
Why did visits to Fairview Lawn Cemetery increase after the film Titanic?
After the 1997 film, fans mistook the J. Dawson grave for that of the fictional Jack Dawson.
Where was the Goodwin family heading?
They were emigrating to Niagara Falls, where a hydroelectric plant needed workers.
Where is Fairview Lawn Cemetery?
At 3720 Windsor Street, at the northern end of Windsor Street in Halifax’s North End.
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