Oak Bay Cemetery in Oak Bay, New Brunswick

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Coordinates: 45.24864, -67.20342
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Also known as the âPœOak Bay Rural CemeteryâP, the cemetery is located off Route 755 in the rural community of Oak Bay in the parish of St. David. From Route 170, take Route 755 north towards Honeydale. After traveling under highway 1, just 100 meters north (just before the power station), the Cemetery Road is located on the left/west. The unmarked Cemetery Road is 700 meters in length and heavily wooded on each side but will open up to a field and cemetery. In addition to common spruce trees, the cemetery is home to many oak trees that were planted a century ago. The cemetery was established in 1875 when Samuel Thomas sold the land to the cemetery company on September 23, 1875. With the establishment of the Baptist church at Oak Bay in 1874 (William Garcelon deeded land of the former Baptist church on September 1, 1874), there was a need to establish another cemetery in Oak Bay, apart from the Church of England Cemetery which, at that point, had been established for nearly 50 years. In additional, there was no burial land around the church due to the churches location at a hill top. The property (GNB PID# 01269612) is 13.8 acres in size. The last full transcription of the cemetery was completed in 1995 by Glenna Johnston. There are over 1,185 know burials in the cemetery. (source: Charlotte County Interments Index - New Brunswick Genealogical Society, ISBN: 978-0-9916887-1-5)