Carmichael Cemetery

The Carmichael cemetery is another lost cemetery that is now deeply buried in the woods near the waste treatment facility in Otter Lake. The cemetery can be found either off the old Greenhead Road, or the Old St. Margaret's Bay Road, neither of which can be accessed by vehicle any more. Hiking or going by ATV is your only option. The exact coordinates for the cemetery are: N 44° 35.431 W 063° 44.558. On the east side of the second branch is the Carmichael Cemetery, which is overgrown and may be difficult to locate. The safest way to access the Carmichael Cemetery is from the Old St. Margarets Bay Road travelling in a northerly direction on this branch of the Greenhead Road.

The Carmichael Cemetery is quite overgrown. It contains two headstones, one for Edmund Archibald Carmichael b. April 23, 1849; d. July 19, 1873; the other is for his parents; John Carmichael d. April 5, 1884, age 73; Elizabeth Carmichael d. July 20, 1890, age 79. There is some confusion surrounding the death date on Archibald’s headstone as the marriage records show Archibald (age 24) married Mary Crawford (age 20) on December 31, 1873 (NSHVS year: 1873 Book: 1861 Page: 43 No: 596). His date of death has not been substantiated by an official record. They had a daughter Mary Archibald Carmichael. Archibald and his brothers were carpenters.