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Pointe-aux-Chênes Protestant

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Municipality: 
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
MRC: 
Argenteuil
Administrative Region: 
Laurentides
Record created by: 
Sandra Stock (Source: Edith MacCallum)
Address / Directions: 

Take ch. Donald Campbell left towards the Ottawa River, from Route 148 west from Grenville. On hill overlooking river.

Brief history: 

Presbyterian Scots settlers. Most later moved away from Grenville up the Rouge River valley. Cemetery was in very poor condition until major restoration by volunteers about 6 years ago. These were mainly elderly descendants of those buried there.

Legal Owner: 
Unsure. Presume it would be United Church of Canada-no-one knows for sure.
Custodian: 
Michael Bennet, employee of the MacCallum dairy farm, cuts grass. Volunteers
Governance Structure: 
None
Contact Info: 

Edith & Isabel MacCallum, 1571 ch. de la Riviere Rouge, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, QC J0V 1B0 (819) 242-6024

Date of Earlist Burial: 
1830
Date of most Recent Burial: 
1950
Cemetery Status: 
Inactive
Cemetery Size: 
Approx. ½ acre
Number of Burials: 
14 from remaining stones, but probably 30 to 50 in all. Many missing stones.
QFHS: 
QC0484