Garden structures Archives | Living in the Cemetery – The Treggett Family Life on the Mount Hermon Cemetery Grounds

Entrance of the Cemetery

The main lodge with the gates in the fall after the renovation.

Azaleas

These azaleas bushes are found near the front entrance and on multiple plots in the cemetery. The beauty of the shrubs has always been an attraction at the […]

Brian with workers

Summer staff around 1970 posing for Pearl Treggett. Graham Simons (against tractor), Brian Treggett (middle, yellow) and Robbie Wetmore (blue)

Winter at the Cemetery

For years, it was a local custom for everyone to go cross country skiing and to snowshoe on the grounds.

Lieutenant General Richard Ernest William Turner

Lieutenant General Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for the Battle of Leliefontein during the second Boer War. At the age of 43 years old, he enlisted to […]

Mount Hermon Poem

This poem was written in 1851 by S.B. Foote. She gives us an excellent description of the cemetery grounds and environment.

William Ware’s Plan

This plan is a hand-drawn copy of the original document. The original document is located in the archives of the Séminaire de Québec.

Cemetery Grounds

View of the cemetery from section B with a Cambodian monument.

Brian Memories: William Treggett

Visual Description: Brian Treggett is sitting in his dining room in front of a painting of the lodge. Various images are shown as he speaks: Disembarkment certificate, Gilmore […]

Brian with Elm Trunk

Brian Tregget, with his hand on one of the enormous trees, that had been cut down. They were so majestic, and I can remember as a child, riding […]

The Tour

The flower beds located at the entrance were overflowing with all kinds of flowers. The roadways were beautifully manicured, and the grass trimmed to perfection. They used rough […]