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Five Leagues Cemetery
Bonne Esperance, Duplessis, Quebec

Contributed by Charles Gravel, Feb 02, 2006 [charles_gravel@hotmail.com]. Total records = 10.

To get to the cemetery, you must follow the road 138W to Middle Bay. About 1000 feet after the end of the village, there is a small trail that allows you to reach the bay, after walking about 30 minutes. The cemetery is on a small hill on your left facing the ocean but you might need some help to find it.

This wild cemetery is located on the east of Five Leagues Bay on a site that was used by people to process oil from whales many years ago. Nowadays, a few inhabitants of the region visit and camp there but only in summer.

I compiled this transcription in October of 2000.

- Charles Gravel

??, CL T LA, no dates, wooden cross
Durant, Marguerite, d. 16 Apr 1946, age: 44yr 08mo, w/o Joncas, Edmond
Griffin, Alexander, b. 30 Jun 1854, d. 14 Jun 1935, h/o Howco, Mary Ann, born and deceased at Little Fishery
Griffin, Harriet, d. 14 Mar 1868, 49yr, w/o Griffin, John
Griffin, John, d. 13 May 1859, 7yr, s/o Griffin, John & Harriet
Griffin, John, b. 22 Mar 1811, d. 11 Apr 1859, 48yr, born in England dead at Five Leagues
Howco, Mary Ann, b. 14 Jun 1861, d. 24 Jun 1933, w/o Griffin, Alexander, born at Harbour Main N.F.L. deceased at Little Fishery
Joncas, Edmond, b. 1887, d. 1956
Joncas, Florence, b. 21 Dec 1907, d. 28 Dec 1959, w/o Joncas, Alfred
Lavallee, Margaret, b. 19 May 1918, d. 25 May 1948, d/o Lavallee, Narcisse & Elizabeth

Misc:
6 burials, no inscriptions
1 broken stone, no inscriptions
1 area surrounded by stones, no inscriptions
3 wooden crosses, no inscriptions