CEMETERIES IN THE COMOX VALLEY REGION
Courtenay Civic Cemetery was established in 1953. It incorporated the Old Presbyterian Cemetery which dates from about 1873. In the 1920s a fire destroyed the Presbyterian burial records as well as the wooden crosses in the Loggers' Section. Both old and new sections were transcribed from 1991 to 1993 with a few additions in 1994. Dates of burial were included if they were on the plot plan. Each record was also cross-checked with the City of Courtenay burial records. An index can be found on the BC Cemetery Finding Aid
If you find a person of interest in the index, contact us for more information. The cemetery is administered by the City of Courtenay, 830 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay BC, V9N 2J7, Phone 250-334-4441, Fax 250-334-4241, E-mail info@city.courtenay.bc.ca
Cemetery Indexes available at the
Courtenay & District Museum E-mail archives@island.net
· Courtenay Civic Cemetery
· St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Comox
· Anglican Churches in the Comox Valley: St. John the Divine, St. Peter's Comox, St. Andrew's Sandwick, Holy Trinity Cumberland
· Black Creek Cemetery, transcribed by Campbell River Genealogy Club
Cumberland Cemetery has been transcribed by Comox Valley Family History Research Group. An index is now available. Please contact us
Denman Island Cemetery has been transcribed. An index is now available. Please contact us
Hornby Island Cemetery has been transcribed. An index is now available. Please contact us
FUNERAL HOMES
1. Piercy's Funeral Home & Crematorium, 440 England Ave., Courtenay BC, V9N 2N1, Phone 250-334-4464
2. Comox Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1101 Ryan Rd., Courtenay BC, V9N 3R6, Phone 250-334-0707
OTHER SOURCES:
Deaths are released after 20 years.
2. Newspaper Obituaries:
Note: If you can provide a name and date, we will do a search for a small fee. Write to Comox Valley Family History Research Group, c/o Courtenay & District Museum, 219 Fourth St., Courtenay BC, V9N 1G7 or contact us for more information. NOTE: We are currently indexing Births, Marriages and Deaths in local newspapers.
Newspaper archives are available at the Courtenay & District Museum. See the list of newspapers on their web site
Current newspapers are
Comox Valley Record, 765 McPhee Ave., Box 3729, Courtenay BC, V9N 7P1, Phone 250-338-5811, Fax 250-338-5568.
Comox Valley Echo, 407-D Fifth Street, Courtenay BC, V9N 1J7, Phone 250-334-4722, Fax 250-334-3172, E-mail echo@mars.ark.com