Back Bay Cemetery, Heritage cemetery in Yellowknife, Canada

Back Bay Cemetery lies on Back Bay, a section of Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The burial ground holds more than 40 graves from 1938 to 1946, and erosion of a nearby creek bank has damaged and exposed many of them. The site is designated a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site.

The cemetery was established in 1938 with Art McIntyre's burial and served as the primary burial ground for Yellowknife residents until 1946. During these eight years, it became the main burial place for the developing settlement.

Back Bay Cemetery is a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site, and its graves lie on the shore of Back Bay on Great Slave Lake. The first recorded burial, on September 27, 1938, was Art McIntyre, who took his own life out of fear of working underground. More than 40 people were buried here before the cemetery closed in 1946.

The cemetery lies on Back Bay, a section of Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake, and is a designated City of Yellowknife Heritage Site. Erosion of the nearby creek bank has damaged and exposed many graves, and by late 2014 the site was in disrepair and in need of maintenance, so watch your footing and keep to stable ground.

Back Bay Cemetery was designated a City of Yellowknife Heritage Site, yet by late 2014 it had fallen into greater disrepair and needed proper maintenance. The first person buried here, Art McIntyre, died by suicide on September 27, 1938, because of his fear of working underground.