The Millgrove Cemetery

The Millgrove Cemetery dates from 1841 when Albert Palmer sold one acre to the cemetery board. However, burials as early as 1837 were recorded indicating that the cemetery was in use before it was legally established. In the early years many people planted old-fashioned lilacs in the cemetery, and added iron-pipe fences and chains around many plots. After the cemetery began to look like a swamp, a decision was made to remove the lilacs, however a few of the old concrete posts that supported the iron fences can still be seen today. In 1914 Nellie M. McNichol erected a stone fence, including two swinging iron gates for the cemetery in memory of her father John Ira Flatt, a former member of the Provincial Legislature, and her mother Rachel Flatt. The Millgrove Cemetery has never been associated with a church, as it is a Municipal cemetery and continues to be used today.