This cemetery is comprised of 18.25 acres, and was opened to replace Potter's Field, which at one time was situated on the North West corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets.
Pictured here is the plaque located at the entrance to the grounds.
The Chapel, the Porte-Cochère, and the Superintendent's Lodge were all built in 1872 by Henry Langley.
This was a good time to photograph the Chapel's steeple, all covered with ivy.
To the right of the Chapel is the entrance way or Porte-Cochère, and the Lodge for the grounds keeper or superintendent.
When Potter's Field became completely full, the City fathers moved everyone to the Necropolis.
Some of Toronto's earliest settlers and quite a few famous Torontonians are buried here on these grounds.
This picture is the tombstone of William Lyon Mackenzie.
You can also find Ned Hanlan, George Brown and Thornton Blackburn; buried here; but the most recent funeral would be that of Jack Layton.
The woman standing in the forefront is our guide on this walk.
Finally, I do not know who this man and his family were, but I was attracted to the sleeping lions that circumvent the tombstone.
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