Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Lemieux, Ontario

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Coordinates: 45.39519, -75.05943
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Located on CR 16, about half a kilometre from the junction of CR 8, this cemetery is in a former town site known as Lemieux, now a ghost town. Lemieux, established in 1850 and built over clay soils, known as Champlain Sea Clays or Leda Clays, evolved and in 1891 the community was designated as the Parish of Saint Joseph de Lemieux.
In 1910, a small landslide occurred, but years later on May 16, 1971 (12 days after the Saint-Jean-Vianney disaster) another landslide occurred just 4.5km (3 miles) from Lemieux.
Identified as a zone at risk and after consultations with the residents, the township and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Ontario, it was decided in 1989 to relocate the locals in nearby communities. A process that took 2 years.Just in time, as on June 20, 1993, a big landslide occurred.
The St.Joseph Church was the last building to be demolished and on August 4th 1991 the parish of St.Joseph the Lemieux ceased to exist. Only the cemetery remains in where used to be known as Lemieux.