
Facing the future by preserving the past: Local group looks to bring new life to Kent Municipal Cemetery
KENT — For this small group of passionate Kent residents, getting others to rally for the Old Cemetery has been somewhat of an uphill climb– and not just because of its reputation as one of the steepest cemeteries in the province.
The Old Cemetery on Limbert Mountain was born in 1895, the same year as Kent municipality.
“The land here flooded all the time,” said Bev Kennedy, co-chair of the pending Old Cemetery Preservation Society. “This was pre-dyking, so our ancestors were very smart and put their burials on the mountainside.”
