As we earlier mentioned, it was cool and partly cloudy, Allie’s job being in the Tourism industry there was very little business that afternoon, Sebbie and I got the call to pick up Allie and we decided to take up where we left off earlier in the day. We decided to head west from Manhard and arrived, eventually, in the small village of Lyn, Ontario. We found another beautiful small country church and graveyard in this picturesque village.

As we entered the village of Lyn, we spied a municipality’s Veteran’s Memorial, which is pictured below and located adjacent to the Village’s main church and historic cemetery.

Just below the Memorial is the cemetery, which had for a very, very long time been uncared for until a local resident; Gerald Coon singlehandedly took on the task of transforming the unmaintained cemetery into the beautiful, well maintained and peaceful place it is today. It took Mr. Coons over 40 years to do the job just right and in 2005 a memorial plaque was placed on the main cemetery gate to commemorate his work for the community.

I have found it incredibly fascinating to quietly roam about and explore old cemeteries such as this. It is interesting to try to follow the history of the place and its families by doing that. This one was no exception.

It was getting late so we headed home and we were already planning our expedition of discovery for tomorrow. Come back in a few days for another story about our explorations in Southeastern Ontario.

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