Back Bay Cemetery, the original cemetery in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, is located on Back Bay, a section of Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake. The first recorded burial here was on September 27, 1938, following the death of Art McIntyre who committed suicide because of his fear of working underground.Art McIntyre Buried Tuesday, The Prospector newspaper, Sept. 28, 1938 Between 1938 and 1946, when the cemetery was closed and relocated, over 40 people were buried here. Continual erosion of a nearby creek bank has damaged and exposed many graves. The site is designated a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site.Back Bay Cemetery a snapshot of Yellowknife's history, Northern News Services Limited, Feb. 27, 2008 By late 2014, the site had fallen into even greater disrepair and was in need of proper maintenance.
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