Historic drawing of the Pictou Island horse-drawn hearse, signed L. B. Jenson

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PIHS Pioneer Cemetery — reconstructed field layout

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Pioneer Cemetery — reconstructed field layoutSouth entranceRoad meets Row 2Hooper stone firstNESWExplore Collie and MacDonald recordsOpen profile: James Munroe & Mamie MacLeanOpen profile: Isabel MacCallumOpen profile: Charles MacCallum & Christy MacDonaldOpen profile: Turple, Harris & MacMillanOpen profile: John MacDonaldOpen profile: Annabel MacLean & Frank MacDonaldOpen profile: Lester Hooper & Annabell MacLeanOpen profile: Daniel MacLeanOpen profile: C. Fraser & Russel MacLeanOpen profile: Charles McLean & Annabell McCallumOpen profile: Hugh & Mary MacLeanOpen profile: Ralph MacCallumOpen profile: Helen McCallumOpen profile: Laughlin McCallum & Sophie PhillipsOpen profile: Olive MacLeanOpen profile: Lloyd MacCallumOpen profile: Phillip SorgeOpen profile: Judith VeeversOpen profile: Laughlin Rankin & Katherine MacKenzieExplore field-plan detailExplore field-plan detailExplore field-plan detailOpen profile: Robert Rankin & Adeline MacDonaldOpen profile: George Rankin & Christena WhitewayOpen profile: MacCallum & MacSwain
Open profile: William MacLean & Cora MacCallumOpen profile: Hughena MacMillanOpen profile: Bertha MacLeanOpen profile: MacLeanOpen profile: Weathered markerOpen profile: Weathered markerExplore field-plan detailExplore field-plan detailOpen profile: MacDonaldOpen profile: Duncan RankinOpen profile: Alex.r TurpleOpen profile: Neil RankinOpen profile: Catherine & Alex.r TurpleOpen profile: Patterson & MacCallumOpen profile: John & Jessie MacLeanOpen profile: Hugh McLean & Isabella McCallumOpen profile: Alexander and Ann CampbellExplore field-plan detailOpen profile: Archibald McDonald & Jessie McKenzieOpen profile: Chas. MacIvor & Flora MacCallumOpen profile: W.Open profile: Alex.r McDonaldOpen profile: John McKinnonOpen profile: Flora McDonald / McDonaldOpen profile: Edward McKenzieOpen profile: MacKenzieOpen profile: William McKenzieOpen profile: Kenneth and Nancy McKenzie / John McKenzieOpen profile: Duncan MacCallum & Margaret MacLeanOpen profile: McCallum & MunroOpen profile: Kenneth McKenzie & Annie McDonald / McKenzieExplore field-plan detailExplore field-plan detailOpen profile: LachlanOpen profile: John McDonaldOpen profile: John & Margaret MacDonaldOpen profile: Hector & Janet MacDonaldOpen profile: Edward & Annie GloverOpen profile: Frank MunroeOpen profile: MacDonald & MacFarlaneOpen profile: MacFarlane & MacPhersonOpen profile: MacFarlaneOpen profile: Rob.t McDonald
Open profile: Muriel MacCallumOpen profile: Daniel MacCallum & Susanna RobertsonOpen profile: Catherine McDonald & Laughlin McCallumOpen profile: Charles CrichtonOpen profile: McCallumOpen profile: Catherine McDonaldOpen profile: McCalumOpen profile: John and Flora McDonaldOpen profile: Allena & James RobertsonOpen profile: MacFarlane & MacCallum / MotherOpen profile: MacFarlane & MacCallum / Mother
Open profile: RalphOpen profile: HelenOpen profile: Mother

Positions are reconstructed by comparing the field plan with the record photographs and the memorials visible behind them. This is an interpretive historical layout, not a land survey or GPS guide. Rows run north–south and the stones face east. The entrance road approaches from the south and meets Row 2 at the Hooper stone, the first stone encountered; its course is schematic. Small markers may be footstones or plot-corner markers; they do not necessarily mark separate burials. Stone forms follow the photographs; scenery and displayed sizes are illustrative. Additional field-plan details open photographs for that part of the layout.