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Northern Cemeteries and Graves

An Explorer's Guide to Atlin, British Columbia


Atlin Cemetery


Atlin Cemetery, BC

    This cemetery opened in 1947, replacing what is now called the Atlin Pioneer Cemetery. In September 2024 we photographed all of the graves. The names below that have links are the gravesites whose markers have been photographed and posted. The graves which are not marked or whose markers are not legible were also photographed and are listed and linked. Carolyn Moore photographed all the markers in 2011, and those 131 are posted at CanadaGenWeb.

    We have also posted a list of 457 people who are recorded as having died in the Atlin area, but without burial information - see Deaths at Atlin, BC.

    There is a memorial wall and a memorial stone at the cemetery for plaques honouring people whose ashes have been scattered in the Atlin area - there are currently (September 18, 2024) 33 plaques in total.


Atlin Cemetery, Atlin, BC
September 7, 2024




As of September 18, 2024, approximately 15 graves have markers that are not legible, or have no marker. Here are some of them:

Probably connected with the graves listed above, the following people were buried here but we have not found their graves (they are also in the master list):

  • BECKMAN, Melvin Bee, 1908-1963
  • BOND, Richard Gwilym, 1927-1988
  • CRAFT, Sidney Richard, 1872-1972
  • EDWARDSON, Marcus "Mark", 1882-1951
  • LEUARD, Gwenlyen, 1919-1996
  • NYMAN, Ethel May, 1884-1955
  • NYMAN, Robert Simon, 1909-1980
  • ROSS, Dora (Robson), 1924-1950: more information.
  • TINTINGER, John Nicholas "Jack," 1872-1959

Names on the memorial wall:
  • ABEL, Ben, 1914-1986
  • BOWDEN, Ronald D., 1925-1998
  • CARLSON, Edward "Ted", 1934-2000
  • CARLSON, Joan C., 1935-2019
  • FRASER, William Robert Alexander "Bob", 1919-2003
  • GAENSBAUER, Gustav, 1900-1986
  • GAENSBAUER, Herbert, 1929-2023
  • GAIRNS, Charlie, 1909-2005
  • GAIRNS, David William, 1934-2018
  • GAIRNS, M. Ruth, 1912-1969
  • KLOSSNER, Walter, 1914-1994
  • LOGAN, James "Jom", 1936-2021
  • MATTSON, Alice Louise, 1908-1987
  • MATTSON, David Sigvard, 1911-1999
  • POOLE-SCOTT, Montana 1924-2019
  • PRANTE, Heinrich "Henry", 1929-1992
  • RADICK, Rudy, 1921-2007
  • ROBLES, Christien Gairns - ?-1996
  • SHARYK, Hilda, 1907-1996
  • SMITH, Clifford Frank Timothy, 1974-2021
  • SMITH, Diane, 1930-2003
  • SMITH, Lynn, 1932-2008
  • SMITH, Roy F., 1924-2006
  • THOMA, Betty, 1918-1995

Names on the memorial stone:
  • COLEMAN, Duane Lyle, 1925-2015
  • COLEMAN, Irene, 1914-2007
  • COLEMAN, Thomas G., 1904-1979
  • McDONALD, Georgina, 1905-1991
  • McDONALD, Jack M., 1902-1989
  • MATSON, Helen C., 1935-2023
  • MATSON, Peter T. "Ted, 1935-2011
  • MAGNUSON, Raymond E. "Ray", 1937-2016
  • PARKINSON, J. "Parky", 1929-1996





In loving memory of
Winnie Acheson
May 19, 1909 - September 25, 1996
"An Atlinite who loved the North"





Fred Watson Ackles

June 14, 1894
Mar. 28, 1952

More information.





Violet May Adams
May 3 1944
Oct 26 2004
Friend
R.I.P.





Wayne Clarence Adams
1963 - 1979
Always Loved and Remembered

More information.





Ernest Aldersley
Died December 6, 1969
Age 68

More information.





Shirley Ann Andrews
August 14, 1948 -
July 7, 2015





John I. Backlund
1905 - 1987
Always Remembered





Ira Bennett
1899 - 1976
In loving memory





Staff/Sgt. Gerald Ellsworth Bontaine
1907 - 1957
At Rest

Miner at Spruce Creek





Edith Rose Braga
1934 - 2008
Rest Well Old Friend





In loving memory of
Reginald Galbraith Brook
1921 - 1977
Sixty Seconds Worth of Distance Ran





Karron Louise Brown
Feb 5 1964 - May 6 1986

The tears in our eyes we can wipe away, but the grief in our hearts will stay.
Wherever we go, whatever we do, our thoughts will always be of you.
Behind life's smiles there lies a tear for the one we lost and loved so dear.





John Morgan "Tom" Bryan
Mar 24 1871
Jan 12 1952





Together Forever
Robert Campbell, 1913-1993
Jean Campbell, 1908 - 1992
Married Nov 25, 1938





Together Forever
Robert Campbell, 1913-1993
Jean Campbell, 1908 - 1992
Married Nov 25, 1938





Earl Hugh Carlson
Rejoice in the lord always
1940 - 2011





In loving memory
Oscar Carlson
1888 - 1969
"Rest in Peace"





Hugh Graham Carter
Born 1915
Died April 28, 1964
Age 49





Pietro Christofolo
(Mackinaw Pete)
1895 - 1960
Rest in Peace





Jan Elaine (Kelly) Coe

A note on Ted Coe's memorial at Find a Grave from Nathaniel Coe states: "Jan Elaine Coe's ashes buried in same gravesite (No headstone yet)."





Robert Edward "Ted" Coe
20 Jan 1932 - 26 May 1982
Lovingly remembered and missed by his wife, children and grandchildren





Charles Craig Colwell
Gifted to us Aug. 24 1965
Called home Mar. 06, 2015
Gentle Husband, Loving Daddy, Love you Forever





Beloved Daughter, Mother and Sister
Linda Joan Connolly
May 16, 1962 - March 28, 2021
Lover of All Dogs and Children
Born in Whitehorse, Yukon





Beloved Father and Husband
Thomas Osborne Davis Connolly
July 4, 1918 - July 21, 1975
Hunter, Trapper, Outfitter, Veteran
"Even the Bad Times Were Good"
Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan





Dorothy Mildred Bourne Coultas
1898 - 1949

More information.





Robert Charles Coutts
Yukon Historian and Story-Teller
1918 - 2004





Mary Jane Craft
1895 - 1952
At Rest





Russell H. Crowe
1901 - 1988





Pietro Del Cozzo
(Little Pete)
1902 - 1973
Rest in Peace





Louise Helen Dunlop
1873 - 1956
At Rest

More information.





Richard Francis Dunlop
1871 - 1957
At Rest





Robert Henry Duthie
September 24, 1939 - April 13, 2005
Go not where the path may lead;
Go instead where there is no path
And leave a trail.





Arnold Christopher Etzerza
Oct. 17 1936 - Dec. 14 2017
Another little pinch won't do us any harm!"





Alfred E. "Babe" Feldman
1915 - 1959
Lovingly Remembered





Patricia Joanne Feldman
11 Dec 1944 - 14 Aug 2022
Rest in Peace, Patty





Norman S. Fisher
Oct, 23, 1883, Alma, Ont.
Feb. 11, 1977
Arrived Atlin 1902
One who loved the North. Dog musher, mail carrier, miner, soldier and sailor. He loved his fellow man and was loved by them.





Beloved Husband Father Son and Brother
Joseph A. "Joe" Florence
Sept. 29, 1934 - Sept. 27, 1986
He never knew a stranger





Neil Duncan Forbes
Born at River Denys, N.S.
On April 9, 1887
Died at Atlin, B.C.
On January 6, 1962
"A beautiful memory lingers"





William Robert Alexander "Bob" Fraser
January 31, 1919 - May 14, 2003
Gone But Not Forgotten





Christopher Lance Fuller
1948 - 2019
Forever Loved





George E. "Scotty" Gash
1874 - 1957
"At Rest"

More information.





Fred William Giesen
1893 - 1958

More information.





Carrol Lucy Goodwin
Loving Wife, Mother, Mother-in-Law and Grandmother
February 8, 1937 - March 28, 2003





Volker Goulnick
May 25, 1944 - February 2, 2017
"Wer im gedächtnis seiner lieben lebt, der ist nicht tot, der ist nur fern; tot ist nur, wer vergessen wird."





Loved and remembered
Grace L. Grey
March 8, 1896 - October 13, 1995





Mother
In memory of
Barbara (Evans) Gunderson
1878 - 1961

More information.





John Reid Harvey
1933 - 2014
Home at last
Oh, how this place beckoned me back
Rest in peace in God's love





Gary William Heisler
March 11, 1952 - September 20, 2015





Anthony "Tony" Roger Hill
November 19, 1954 - July 4, 2022
In memory of his love for his family, friends and times in Atlin BC





In loving memory of
Alfred Hjelm
Feb. 12, 1887
Feb. 18, 1948
"Brother Sleep in Peace"





Hanna E. Holmgren
1891 - 1963
Till We Meet Again





David Hugh William Howe
1943 - 2020
T M D





Wm. James Husselbee
"Whispering Bill"
January 16, 1905
England
May 10, 1975





Annie Kindred James
1921 - 1977
Beloved Take Thy Rest





Doreen Elsie Jenkins
A Loving Wife
A Devoted Mother
A Beloved Grandmother
A Cherished Friend
December 9, 1932 - November 20, 2004
Forever in Our Hearts





Kenneth Stewart Jenkins
A kind and gentle man
Always remembered
Forever loved
July 9, 1927 - May 28, 2009





Samuel Johnson
1872 - 1947
Gone But Not Forgotten





In loving memory of
Gregory William Kirkwood
1956 - 1977





In loving memory of
Thomas James Kirkwood
1916 - 1999
Well Done
Thou Good and Faithful Servant
Enter Now Into the
Joy of Thy Lord





Here lies
Ollby Osbourne "Jack" Mackenzie
Born" Moyay, British Columbia
Died: Near Gladys Lake
April 1971
Age 59
Thank God! There is always a land of beyond for us who are true to the trail





Anna Magnuson
Feb. 9, 1900 - May 22, 1957
Fondly Loved and Deeply Mourned





Erik Magnuson
1892 - 1957
Loving Memory of Brother and Uncle





Manne Magnuson
Nov. 2, 1900 - April 22, 1969
Father and Grandfather
Ever Remembered





Madeleine "Maddy" Massie
1914 - 1980
A Friend to All





Frank Matic
1902 - 1987
Atlin Old Timer
Rest in Peace





A. Margaret Matson
1893 - 1977
"Life's Work Well Done"





Peter Matson
1889 - 1958
"Life's Work Well Done"





Charles Edward McKinnon
Born July 12 1880
Died Feb. 6 1948
Age 67





Cecil George McLennan
November 6, 1909
September 26, 1997
"Toodle ooo"





R. "Rudy" Milinkovic
1933 - 1991
Life's Work Well Done





In Loving Memory
Otto Miller
1876 - 1960
Sweet be thy rest





Hulda Marie Murphy
Wife of Nathan
Born August ... 1879
Died April 18, 1958
Age 78





Irvine Nathan "Nate" Murphy
Born ... 1880
Died Dec ... 1955
Age 75





Hartmut Günter Nagel
1949 - 2009
The true perfection of a man lies not in what he has but in what he is.





Loved and remembered
Joan Lillian Neilson
January 8, 1927 - April 28, 1975





Loved and remembered
W. M. "Bill" Neilson
February 7, 1925 - June 11, 1991





Alice Nelson
Sept. 27, 1896
March 14, 1976





Edith Opal Feldman Nelson
July 22, 1920 - Jan 4, 2019
My Moving Days are Over





William Hugh Nelson
1923 - 1994
Brother, Husband, Dad & Grandpa
A Friend to All Who Knew Him





Brother
Fred Ohman
1882 - 1957
"At Rest"





Roald David Olsen
born Feb. 27, 1950
died Oct. 27, 1950





Alan Passarell (Atlin M.L.A.)
1950 - 1986
Always Remembered, Always Loved





Ruth Passarell
1955 - 1986
Always Remembered, Always Loved





Ross R. Peebler
Sept. 4, 1880 - Feb. 13, 1968

More information.





Allan Bernt Peterson
1928 - 2004





Giordano "Joe" Piccolo
1892 - 1964
Rest in Peace





In memory of
Luigi "Louie" Piccolo
1902 - 1977
Rest in Peace

More information.





Robert A. Ray
1929 - 1957
Called to Higher Service





Jessie U. Rineberg
Mother
1878 - 1952
Our Loved Ones





John B. Rineberg
Father
1870 - 1948
Our Loved Ones





Lillian Hilda Ross
Wife of William
Born July 21, 1902
Died November 8, 1963
Age 61





Anäis Boyer Roxborough
1889 - 1986





Donald Alexander Roxborough
Born July 24, 1924
Died Dec. 27, 1982
Gone But Not Forgotten





John Robert Roxborough
Born January 26, 1916
Died November 13, 1985
Always Remembered





William McMath Roxborough
1890 - 1969

More information.





Charles Joseph Russill
1916 - 1989
Ever Loved and Remembered
By All Who Knew Him





In loving memory of
Clarence M. Sands
1884 - 1954
Fondly Loved and Deeply Mourned





Leslie Clarence Sands
Gone But Not Forgotten

Forever Missed By His Family
Nov. 20, 1918 - June 14, 1998





Lyman Duke Sands
Forever in Our Hearts
Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather
Sept. 12, 1926 - July 11, 1998





In loving memory
Signe A. Sands
1890 - 1969





Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather
George "Bunn" Shaw
1914 - 1985
Gone But Not Forgotten





Beloved Wife, Mother & Grandmother
Mavis Grace Shaw
1921 - 2018





In loving memory
Nels Bernard Shaw
1945 - 2012





Alberta M. "Sue" Simpson
1905 - 1980





In loving memory of
Ellen May Smallwood
Feb. 3, 1926 - Dec. 28, 1999
Rest in Peace





In loving memory of
James Edward Smallwood
Oct. 21, 1923 - Feb. 4, 1985
Rest in Peace





James E. Smith
1862 - 1948
"At Rest"





In loving memory of
Norah Anais Smith
Née Roxborough
August 7, 1922
June 24, 2016
Forever in our Hearts





In loving memory of
Shelley Marie Smith
1958 - 1986
Forever in our Hearts





Susan Deborah Smith
Mar 25 1957 - Nov 15 2023
"No Worries"





Sarah Steele
[1940 - 1995]





In loving memory of
Doris B. Stenbraten
Nee McMurphy
1910 - 1999
Wife





In loving memory of
John O. Stenbraten
"Stampede John"
1887 - 1971
He Hath Known the Silent Places





Memory
Victor Stevens
1888 - 1958





Monique Faye Stewart
Aug. 9 / 1965 - June 29 / 1979





In memory of
Frank Studer
1933 - 1990





In loving memory of
Ivan Paul-Edwards Trudeau
1970 - 1983





In loving memory of
Mother
Victoire Trudeau
1944 - 2004
Always in our Hearts





In loving memory of
Father
Yvon Trudeau
1931 - 2005
Always in our Hearts





Sarah Bella Turnquist
Wife of Emil
Born March 19, 1878
Ontario
Died Sept. 4, 1959
Whitehorse
age 81 years





Nels Varme
Died Nov. 30, 1962
Age 68





Kerrie Lou Wess
Nee Goodwin
1961 - 2004
Forever Missed and Loved





Bradley Thomas White
April 8, 1949 - Jan. 27, 2020





Kathleen K. White
1894 - 1988
I Will Share Your Dwelling Place





MacLeod White
1892 - 1977
I Will Share Your Dwelling Place





Joseph Yonaites
Died June 20, 1962
Age 80





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(not legible)





Unknown
(no marker - just "Peter")





Unknown
(only marker is two horseshoes)





Unknown
(no marker)








Atlin Cemetery, Atlin, BC
September 7, 2024


Atlin Cemetery, Atlin, BC
The cemetery road - September 7, 2024