Titanic Grave Site — Attraction in Halifax

Considered one of the greatest maritime disasters in recorded history, the story of the RMS Titanic begins in Southampton, England on April 10, 1912, when the "unsinkable" steel behemoth left on her maiden voyage for New York. For many of those that lost their lives aboard the ill-fated ship, Halifax, Nova Scotia is where the story ended. The Titanic Grave Site at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery is where 121 victims of the ill-fated Titanic disaster are buried, and is the largest collection of Titanic graves in the world. The graves are laid out on a gentle hill and in the shape of the bow of a ship but with a large gap (opening) on the starboard side which to me at least suggests or symbolically represents the location of where the iceberg ripped open the Titanic's hull. Also, although the Titanic had 4 funnels or smokestacks, one fake and all cylindrical and at an angle, what's interesting is that the lines of graves gradually step down the gentle hill with 3 non-cylindrical and vertical tombstones on each step and these remind me of the profile of the Titanic and it's smokestacks. As well as the date of the disaster, 15th April 1912, all but the tombstones for the 42 unidentified bodies show the name of the victim and the sequential number given to the body when retrieved from the icy-cold waters of the North Atlantic. The tombstone inscriptions of the 42 unidentified bodies simply show the body count number and the date of the disaster. Since the 1912 disaster, a number of specific Titanic graves have generated particular interest. See for example my maps review for the Grave of The...

Always had been a bucket list visit for a long time and it didn't disappoint. We used the Hop on / hop off bus to get from the Cruise terminal to get here whick takes you via the citadel, Agricola Street and the Hydrostone District to get you there and is a great bus tour. Fairview Lawn Cemetery is beautiful and serene and of course has 121 victims buried here. There are clear information boards and signposts. The site is beautifully maintained and we paid our respects, had a quiet walk around before continuing our bus tour. There are another 10 victims buried nearby in the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery which was closed at the time...

We were on a bus tour and were fortunate to be first. The site itself gets a lot of visits which can interfere with the somber mood such a place elicits. The titanic graves get the most attention but there is a section for the Halifax Explosion victims and different areas showing the historic segregation that people had. Strangely, through a modern lens it wasn't like good and bad sections, but rather evokes a sectarian separation and respect for differences in culture and familial...