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The Revelstoke Cemetery

The historic Mountain View Cemetery was first used in the late 1880s. The oldest identifiable headstone, that of Louise Beavo, dates to 1891, but we know that there were burials here prior to that time. 

At one time there were several Chinese citizens buried in Mountain View Cemetery. As part of their belief system, it was once customary for Chinese remains to be disinterred after seven years and returned to China. 

CEMETERY LAYOUT

The Cemetery is divided into sections: The Catholic Cemetery, which opened in 1906, is on the north side of the road, while the rest of the cemetery is Protestant. There are smaller sections for the different lodges. The Masonic Lodge has a specific group of plots within the Protestant section.

Locating a Plot

For those looking for specific plots, the city has provided a book of interments and a plot map across the road from the maintenance shed. Most of the burials have been recorded and are in the plot book, but a few of the very early ones are missing. The plot book shows the block, row and plot number for each burial. The blocks are all marked, but visitors need to count the rows and plots to find the exact location.  There are dozens of unmarked graves in the cemetery.

Mountain View Cemetery is the final resting place for many of Revelstoke’s pioneers and these plots hold much of the history of the development of this city and region.

We present here stories of some of the people buried in Mountain View Cemetery.

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