Maclaren Cemetery is a small cemetery in the town of

Wakefield, Quebec Wakefield is one of many villages of the Municipality La Pêche, with the village centre on the western shore of the Gatineau River, at the confluence of the La Pêche River in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is thirty- ...

and the final resting place for Prime Minister

Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian scholar, statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of ...

. Established near the 1870s, the cemetery is located in the clearing below the hills bordering the

Gatineau River The Gatineau River (french: Rivière Gatineau, ) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is long and drain ...

and is the resting place for Scottish settlers in the area. Notable persons interred here include: * David Maclaren – settler and namesake of the cemetery *

Malak Karsh Malak Karsh, MPA. (March 1, 1915 – November 8, 2001) was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage best known for his photographs of Canada and the Ottawa region. Career Born in Mardin, Ottoman Empire, a few months before the Armenian ge ...

(1915–2001) – Canadian photographer * Ian Kerr (1965–2019) – law professor and privacy expert

Ian Kerr (academic) Ian R. Kerr (January 1, 1965 – August 26, 2019) was a Canadian academic who researched emerging law and technology issues. He held a Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law, and Technology at the University of Ottawa. Kerr earned awards and citat ...

Geoffrey Pearson Geoffrey Arthur Holland Pearson, (December 24, 1927 – March 18, 2008) was a Canadian diplomat and author. He was the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson and Maryon Pearson. Biography Born in Toronto, Pearson was ed ...

(1927–2008) – diplomat and son of Lester B. Pearson *

(1897–1972) – 14th Prime Minister of Canada and Nobel Peace Prize winner *

Norman Robertson Norman Alexander Robertson, (March 4, 1904 – July 16, 1968) was a Canadians, Canadian diplomat and was one of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's advisers. Background and early life Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at th ...

(1904–1968) – diplomat and friend of Pearson and Wrong *

Humphrey Hume Wrong Humphrey Hume Wrong (September 10, 1894 – January 24, 1954) was a Canadian historian, professor, career diplomat, and Canada's ambassador to the United States. Background and early life Wrong was the grandson of Liberal Party leader Edward Bl ...

(1894–1954) – diplomat and friend of Pearson and Robertson

External links

History of the Maclaren Family
* Cemeteries in Quebec {{Canada-cemetery-stub