Cemetery Records at Nova Scotia Archives

The reverse of photograph notes that this cemetery is three miles from Truro; at the time it was said to be the only Muslim burying-ground in Canada east of Alberta. It served the small scattered Muslim population of Nova Scotia (at Truro and Sydney) and an occasional Muslim seaman who died at sea or in a Nova Scotian port.

Mr. John M. Murphy of Truro said in 1963 that this cemetery was purchased in 1935 by John Harris, Joseph Moorby, A.R. Joseph and M.S. Awad (all Assyrians living in Truro) and George Harris of Westville. The first person to be buried there was Murray Harris of Truro in 1935. Mrs. Joseph Abraham of Truro donated the gate for the cemetery.

Date: 1952

Photographer: Nova Scotia Information Service

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Service Nova Scotia Archives 7101