As the closest major North American port to the sunken Titanic, Halifax became the center of operations for recovering the dead. Most of those buried in Halifax were either unidentified or had families too poor to ship the bodies home. You can visit the graves of 121 of the ship's passengers at Fairview Lawn Cemetery (Chisholm Avenue at Connaught Avenue; phone 902-490-4883). Flowers are often left at a modest grave there marked simply "J. Dawson," coincidentally the same name as the fictional hero of the 1997 movie Titanic. Other victims rest in two nearby cemeteries: Mount Olivet (7076 Mumford Road; phone 902-865-6663) and Baron de Hirsch (Windsor Street). The visitor information centers offer informational brochures about each of these sites. The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery is closed to the public. Free. http://titanic.gov.ns.ca.
