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and Jubilee Road was located in the northwest corner of the cemetery, creating a popular boast that Halifax was the only city in the world with a traffic light in a cemetery. However, in 2008 the traffic light was moved outside the cemetery fence.
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was established in 1749, growing for nearly a century until Camp Hill succeeded it in 1844. Originally run by a private company, the cemetery is now owned and administered by the
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As a cemetery in the provincial capital, Camp Hill became the final resting place for many of Nova Scotia's elite. Officials allowed for the burial of
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sailors, soldiers and merchant seamen in Camp Hill Cemetery who died in Nova Scotia during World War II. These men were at sea when
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in a segregated section of the cemetery. Initially, the resting places of African-Canadian veterans of
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For many years the cemetery contained a traffic light. The traffic light for the intersection of
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Photographs of John Taylor Wood's tombstone, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Photographs of Alexander Keith's monument, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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maintains the war graves of 10 service personnel of World War I and over 80 of
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and government of Norway ordered the more than 1,000 ships at sea to go to
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
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44°38′33.9″N 63°35′10.2″W / 44.642750°N 63.586167°W / 44.642750; -63.586167
Halifax Regional Municipality
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