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Wallace sandstone used for monuments and memorials:
It appears from evidence of the first settlers, sandstone was prized as a material for grave marker memorials. Many of the United Empire Loyalist grave markers are locally quarried stone.

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Sandstone cemetery monuments
15 May 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Wallace Sandstone monument
15 May 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Gordon Dewar, Stone Cutter
6 June 1980
Wallace Harbour

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Wallace sandstone grave stone
15 May 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sandstone cemetery monuments
15 May 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church yard in Wallace with monuments dating to the early nineteenth century.

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Wallace Village War Memorial, the design incorporates Wallace sandstone.
10 June 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The Memorial for the First and Second World War in Wallace. The base and trim are Wallace sandstone.

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Canadian Physicist Donald Betts, in front of Wallace monument honouring Astronomer Simon Newcomb.
1 July 2000
Wallace Bridge

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The monument of famous Astronomer Simon Newcomb at Wallace Bridge. Mr. Newcomb was born in Wallace Bridge. He made many significant discoveries during the end of the nineteenth century. His grandfather, also Simon Newcomb, was a stonecutter and he came to Wallace Bridge to open a quarry.
In the piicture is Mr. Donald Betts, a well known Canadian Physicist and Wallace resident.

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The beauty, durability and carving characteristics of Wallace sandstone makes it a valuable material for monuments.