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Swan Lake, Lake County, Montana, USA
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Swan Lake, Montana 59911 United StatesCoordinates: 47.67057, -113.78464 - Cemetery ID:
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A 120-acre cemetery spread through the forest on a beautiful hill overlooking Lion Creek and the Meyer Ranch.
Simple silver markers and some more elaborately landscaped burial sites mark the resting places of people who chose to "live and die in harmony with nature." Those buried here have opted out of the expensive, environmentally damaging formalities of traditional burials, choosing instead a "green burial" -- a simple wooden casket or cloth shroud, a hole in the mountainside and tree sapling "headstone" that will continue to grow for hundreds of years after their passing. There are no concrete vaults and bodies are not embalmed.
In 2006, the federal government designated all 120 acres a non-profit 501(C) 3 — a cemetery permanently protected from development.
A 120-acre cemetery spread through the forest on a beautiful hill overlooking Lion Creek and the Meyer Ranch.
Simple silver markers and some more elaborately landscaped burial sites mark the resting places of people who chose to "live and die in harmony with nature." Those buried here have opted out of the expensive, environmentally damaging formalities of traditional burials, choosing instead a "green burial" -- a simple wooden casket or cloth shroud, a hole in the mountainside and tree sapling "headstone" that will continue to grow for hundreds of years after their passing. There are no concrete vaults and bodies are not embalmed.
In 2006, the federal government designated all 120 acres a non-profit 501(C) 3 — a cemetery permanently protected from development.
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- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2326251
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