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The Municipality of Brighton has seven active cemeteries that serve the community. Brighton also has five inactive cemeteries. Cemeteries are a place for the living, please come and visit.
Visitations are daily from 8 a.m. to sundown unless stated otherwise.
All cemeteries require help with monument repairs, lawn maintenance, clean up etc. If you would like to personally help or give a donation, please see cemeteries below.
Mount Hope Cemetery
The Municipality of Brighton oversees Mount Hope Cemetery, a community cemetery serving all denominations.
The Cemetery has a three-sided granite and aluminum Columbarium and the Memorial Forest Scattering Grounds. Burial plots are also available.
Mount Hope Cemetery By-laws and price list
Every operator of a cemetery must have a set of bylaws, approved by the Registrar, that are in compliance with the FBCSA and O. Reg. 30/11 and 184/12, are in the public interest, do not give the cemetery operator or supplier an unreasonable or unfair advantage over another supplier, and relate to the current functioning of the cemetery.
These by-laws are the rules and regulations that govern the Mount Hope Cemetery.
Location
The Mount Hope Cemetery is located at #103 Hwy 30 in the Municipality of Brighton.
Other Active Cemeteries
| Mt. Olivet Cemetery |
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Richard Dale and family, on May 28, 1873, sells to the Trustees of the Belford Congregation of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada acre of land in lot 35 concession 7 Brighton Township, Goodfellow's Road Codrington, for $4.00. This land is adjacent to the school lot and lying along the concession line. On this land, the trustees are permitted to build a Church to be used by the Wesleyan Methodists, to permit a dwelling house to be used by the minister in charge and to sell graves and tombs. The trustees in 1873 were Henry Belford Sr., William Cullis, Thomas Adams, Philander Orser, William Belford, Alfred Richards, George Ames and William McArthur, all of the Township of Brighton. Mount Olivet Cemetery Tel: 613-391-8290
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| Wooler Friends Cemetery |
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Located Concession 5 Lot 24 Brighton Township, Old Wooler Codrington Road. Wooler cemetery was established around 1842. The Arthur family gave a portion of land and the board purchase more property. Plots sold at $5.00. This cemetery is full. Wooler -Friends Cemetery
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| McPhail's Cemetery |
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Located Concession 5 Lot 30 Brighton Township, Old Wooler Road Codrington. McPhail's Cemetery was established as a family burying ground on land purchased by John McPhail in 1832. Originally in Murray Township, the 200 Acres of Lot 30 Concession 5 became part of the newly established Brighton Township in 1851. By 1858, the land records indicate a specific provision for reservation of 1/2 acre of burying ground. The cemetery was later enlarged.
Please visit the McPhail's Cemetery website for more information.
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| Carman Cemetery |
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Located Concession 3 Lot 27 Brighton Township, on Carman Road, and established in 1855. Mr. Peter Maybee buried his young daughter, Susanna, in one corner of his field and put a marker in her memory in 1855. In 1865, an indenture was drawn up between Peter H. Maybee and seven trustees from the church board. Peter Maybee gave one quarter acre of land for the sole purpose of a public burying ground. In January 1878, another parcel of land east of the old burying ground was purchased from Peter Maybee for $30.00. In April 1899 a further parcel of land was purchased from John M. Maybee for $28.00. Although the trustees of the burying ground were all members of the Carman church, the cemetery was not a part of the church property. On July 3, 1922, the Carman Methodist board and the cemetery board held a joint meeting and decided to transfer the cemetery to the church property. Joel Maybee was the director and salesman and George Adams the treasurer. July 26 was agreed upon as a clean up day for the cemetery, but not much action was taken. Finally in 1948, a bee was held for two days to clean up the cemetery. In 1964 when the school was closed part of the school grounds was purchased to enlarge the cemetery. In 1967 Mr. & Mrs. P.D. Stewart presented the new gates to the cemetery. In 1977 another bee was held and a new fence built part way around the property. A regular caretaker was hired for the grounds. Contact : Decoration Day : 2nd Sunday in June @ 11:00 AM |
| Codrington Roman Catholic Cemetery |
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Located in Concession 5 Lot 34 Brighton Township, Old Wooler Road Codrington. In 1884, Bishop Jamot of the Diocese of Peterborough blessed the separate school building at Codrington and dedicated it as a church under the title Queen of the Most Holy Rosary. The next year, Bishop Jamot administered the sacrament of confirmation to seven people in Codrington and blessed the new cemetery at this mission. Land records show that Miles and Mary Cowan sold on acre of land in lot 34 concessions 5 of Brighton Township to the Diocese in 1884. As late as the 1920's the Ontario death registrations often refer to this burying ground as "Cowan's Cemetery". Today, a sign on the fence indicated this cemetery is part of the Parish of St. Alphonsus, Wooler. Codrington Roman Catholic Cemetery
Annual Fathers' Day Service is held at the cemetery. Donations are accepted at this service or by calling the cemetery board. |
| Greenwood Cemetery |
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Located at 1079 Whites Road, Smithfield. We believe that this cemetery started around 1873, as it is the first burial that we have recorded. Orman and Marg Griffiths donated 2 acres of land in 1967 for $1.00. In the same year a new gateway to the entrance was also put in.
Decoration Day: Second Sunday in June |
| Hilton Cemetery |
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Located Concession 4 Lot 4 in Brighton Township, on the west side of Highway 30 in Hilton. The land was donated from the Langdon property. It probably dates from 1829 but there are no complete records for the oldest section. In the early 1900's Mrs. Stanley Thompson was secretary and Mrs. George Little was treasurer. In 1920 it was decided to close the cemetery and all books were subsequently lost. In 1933 Mr. Jay Langdon and Mr. Roy Morrow re-opened the cemetery and cleaned it up. When Hilton United Church was closed in 1966 and torn down, the Hilton cemetery came under the care of Trinity St. Andrew's United Church, Brighton. Memorial gates were made and dedicated. Lynda Douglas Office Administrator 
Trinity St Andrew's United Church 56 Prince Edward St PO Box 1052 Brighton, Ontario K0K 1H0 Phone: 613-475-1311 |
Inactive Cemeteries
| Covell Grove Pioneer Cemetery |
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The Covell Grove Pioneer Cemetery has established dates found from proven burials from 1828 to 1947. The cemetery has had its name changed a few times over the years. The names were, The Pioneer Cemetery, The Covell Grove Cemetery, The Butler Burial Ground and Gosport Cemetery. The Covell name has been used the longest. The Covell family purchased the property in 1881 and owned it until the late 1960's. Amongst the community that used this cemetery there were children who died of diphtheria and Lake Captains, sailors and passengers from ships that sank in the area. James Covell's plot is the only marked grave left. One of the first civic issues to come before the newly incorporated Village of Brighton in 1852 was the choice of a suitable site for a new cemetery. At the time there was a small cemetery south of the village north off Harbour Street which was used as a community cemetery. This is located in the area north of Harbour and east of Cedar. Evidence was sent to the Ministry in support that the Covell Grove Cemetery was not just a family cemetery but a community cemetery. With the changes made with the Ministry the name was officially changed to the Covell Grove Pioneer Cemetery. In 1983 monuments were removed as the cemetery was being vandalized and monuments smashed on the road. These monuments were to be put back at a future date. Only a few monuments remain which are on the back of the new monument. The property was sectioned off and cleaned up. A monument was installed in June 2006 with the names of known burials with room for more names to be added. Research is still being conducted for additional names. A fence was installed in 2010 surrounding the perimeter. In 2011 a tree and plaque was dedicated to the cemetery.
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| Vansicklin Cemetery |
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The VanSicklin Cemetery is located in Concession B Lot 28 Brighton Township, cairn on Boes Road. This cemetery was closed in 1952 in need of repair. When death came to Lawson Settlement Ferdinand Vansicklen donated acre on the knoll south of the road, by the water, for a burial ground. This cemetery represented three families Vansicklen, Lawson and Wright.
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| Smith Cemetery |
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The Smith cemetery is located in Concession A Lot 24 Brighton Township, off Smith Street, Smithfield. This was the property of John Drummond Smith who donated this property for a burying ground. The cemetery had become neglected and in need of repair.
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| Clark Cemetery |
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Located in Concession 10 Lot 3 Brighton Township, Codrington town limits Highway 30. This cemetery is a private plot believed to have started around the 1830's. The last burial was in 1957.
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| Presqu'ile Pioneer Cemetery |
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Presqu'ile Point has found Indian artifacts and old graves indicate that it was once an Indian burial ground. It is not generally known that there is a pioneer cemetery at Presqu'ile Point, never the less visitors drive within a stone's throw of it when they travel the road into the park. No visual evidence remains of its existence. One or more members of the Selleck family who were pioneer settlers at Presqu'ile around 1800 are buried there. It is understood that the remains of some of the pioneers buried there were later removed and interned to the old Covell Cemetery, Mount Hope in Brighton and some believe Woods Cemetery.
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