Cemetery Services - Municipality of Huron Shores

Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) – Licence Number 4690487

There are 4 active cemeteries located in the Iron Bridge and Thompson area under the jurisdiction of the Municipality and the Huron Shores Cemetery Board:

Sunset Cemetery, 23044 Hwy 17, East of Iron Bridge
Carlyle Cemetery, 398 Tait Rd
Spruce Grove Cemetery, 21995 Hwy 17, next to the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Arnill Cemetery, 22147 Hwy 17, adjacent to the Iron Bridge United Church, (interments only, closed to plot sales)

For additional information respecting these cemeteries please click on the following links:

Cemeteries located in the western portion of the Municipality, in the former Thessalon Township area, are under the jurisdiction of the Town of Thessalon and the Thessalon Town and Township Cemetery Board. There two active cemeteries:

Pine Grove Cemetery, 10 Ansonia Rd., Little Rapids
Maple Ridge Cemetery, 100 Brownlee Rd., north of Hwy. 17 at Maple Ridge.

There are also 2 historic cemeteries located in Little Rapids:

Little Rapids Cemetery, 33 Little Rapids Rd., across the street from the Gazebo/Baseball Park
Forest Lawn Cemetery, 18 Collver Rd.

In addition, the Municipality oversees 2 historic cemeteries:

Day Mills Cemetery, at Hwy 17 and Harris Creek, Dayton area
McArthur Cemetery, also near Harris Creek, off Portage Street.

For additional information respecting these cemeteries please click on the following links:

By-law #13-24 provides for the maintenance, management and control of the Huron Shores cemeteries (including fees, permits and marker regulations). For additional information contact the office directly regarding these cemeteries at 705-843-2033 or email@huronshores.ca. Contact persons are Clerk/Administrator Mrs. Deborah Tonelli and Administrative Assistant Ms. Kelsey Nyman.

Pine Grove Cemetery, 10 Ansonia Rd.

Recently a 20-niche Columbarium has been installed at Pine Grove Cemetery. This structure allows for an alternative resting place option rather than using the traditional services available through our local cemeteries. Each of the twenty (20) niches are priced according to the row and each niche can hold up to two (2) remains. Applicable by-law is Town of Thessalon Cemetery By-law #2014-5. For additional information you may contact the office of the Town of Thessalon at 705-842-2217 or e-mail: townthess@bellnet.ca.