Objectives:

The objective of this website is to facilitate the collection and communication of historic information related to the families buried at the Lochaber Bay Cemetery (LBC) as well as to provide information on the activities of the LBC Committee including past and future services and socials.

Donate to the Cemetery:

Donations to the Lochaber Bay Cemetery are always welcome. Our investment fund is small (from donations dating back decades!) which provides an income stream that almost pays the grass cutting - but not the hedge trimming nor other maintenance. READ MORE ...

What's New:

2022-Oct-16

• Released Newsletter - update on cemetery work - Oct 2022

2022-May-04

• Update to start time of Memorial Service June 4th - now 12 noon!

2022-Feb-25

• Released Newsletter - Feb 2022
• Memorial Service and Headstone Appreciation day is June 4th, 2022
• Volunteer work day : May 28th, 2022. If interested, send us an email: info [at] lochabercemetery [dot] org !

2021-July-20

• Released Newsletter - July 2021
• Read the above news letter to learn about the Headstone work we are doing.
• We can now accept donations by e-transfer to donate@lochabercemetery.org
• We recently added a Visitor's Log Book at the cemetery.

News - October 2022

Cemetery Update

It's time for an update on what we have been able to accomplish in 2022. This Newsletter will cover Spring Maintenance Day, Spring Memorial Service, Headstone Maintenance Project and our 'Sands of Time' Headstone Marker Project.

Spring Maintenance - May 28th

Luck was with us and we had a beautiful sunny day. This is what we did:

• replaced 9 fence boards and painted them white.
• gave all fence boards a coat of fresh white paint (road side).
• replaced 6 seat boards on our two benches and painted the benches green.
• installed letter markers on the back of fence boards to identify rows.
• Took delivery of 32 granite headstone markers and installed a half-dozen.
• did a general clean up of grounds.
• straightened the guest book 'mail box' and added a paper booklet of all the names of people buried at the cemetery. See LBC-Headstone-Reference-Booklet ⇗ 250K pdf

MacEacherns of Lochaber Bay

It is 1745 and "Neil MacEachern" has escaped to France from England with Prince Charlie. He changes his name to "Eachan MacDonald" because he knows that the French have trouble pronouncing "MacEachern". With good fortune, he marries a French lady and one of their sons becomes a famous general in Napoleon's army. [ref 1]

Take a stroll through the Lochaber Bay Cemetery and you will find 5 headstones with the MacEachern name. Dig a little deeper and you will find over 10 related burial plots and a whole lot of questions!

• Who are these MacEacherns?
• Who did they marry?
• Where did their descendants go?
• What stories did they leave behind?
• How do you pronounce 'MacEachern'!

Lochaber Bay 1912-2012 Reunion

It is Aug 25th, 2012 and it is one of the hottest days of the summer and 50 people have gathered at the Lochaber Bay Cemetery to celebrate 100 years since the 1912 reunion that was so well attended, photographed and documented.

Stories:

Many generations of families linked to the Lochaber Bay Cemetery have taken the time to record stories of the region in the form of short articles or, in a few cases, large 100+ page books! This makes fascinating reading!

This section is in two parts: History of Cemetery and Region and Recent Events and Services.