Notice Of Intention To Apply For An Order To Close A Cemetery

Cemeteries Act (Revised), R.S.O 1990, Chapter C.4

The Confederation Square cemetery is located at 501 George Street North, in the City of Peterborough, Province of Ontario. The cemetery is approximately .87 hectares containing no markers. There are an unknown number of interments that occurred between approximately 1820 and approximately 1854.

Take Notice That, pursuant to the Cemeteries Act (Revised), R.S.O 1990, Chapter C.4, the undersigned intends to make application for an Order closing a part of the cemetery.

Further Take Notice That the part which the applicant will request the Registrar order closed is identified as: an area of the cemetery 9.44 metres east to west by 44.44 metres north to south lying directly to the west of the elevation of land on which the Peterborough War Memorial (Cenotaph) is located.

Further Take Notice That this application is being made to close a portion of the old burying ground now known as Confederation Square for the purpose of erecting a monument to the veterans of Peterborough City and County who served in both World Wars and Korea. The monument is to be located to the west of the Peterborough War Memorial (Cenotaph) and will be a granite wall 36.5 metres long and 1.524 metres high and flanked at each end with granite tablets.

Further Take Notice That the applicant will request the Registrar include in the order to close the requirement to disinter all human remains located in the area to be closed and re-inter them in new grave sites located at either Little Lake Cemetery, Highland Park Cemetery, or Rosemount Memorial Gardens.

Further Take Notice That interested persons may make submissions regarding the proposed application in writing to:

Registrar, Cemeteries Act (Revised)
Ministry of Government Services
Cemeteries Regulation Unit
250 Yonge Street, 32nd Floor
Toronto, ON M5B 2N5

Further Take Notice That, submissions should be made within 45 days from December 23rd, 2005

Dated At Peterborough this 14th day of December, 2005

Applicant Name: Corporation of the City of Peterborough

Address: Heritage Preservation Officer
500 George Street North
Peterborough, ON K9H 3R9

Telephone: 705.742.7777 ext. 1489

Fax: 705.748.8824

(138-P805)