Pikes buried in Channel Port-aux-Basques

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The first sets of photos below were taken on 12 June 2005 and 29 June 2005 as I travelled through Port-aux-Basques. In all I was able to check the headstones in every cemetery that I found. Hopefully I found all of the cemeteries, but it might be that I missed one or more. It is also worth noting that some of the older cemeteries were very overgrown and had several headstones that were toppled over so that the inscriptions could not be read. There were also several stones that had fallen over and were completely covered by grass ... some of these I discovered quite by accident, by stepping on them and sensing the feel of a flat stone underfoot. Quite possibly I might have missed other stones covered by the overgrowth.

I failed to locate the 1853 headstone for Henry Pike that is mentioned on page 8 of the 1952 book "Newfoundland Holiday" by J. Harry Smith. If somebody should know its whereabouts, I would be pleased to hear from you.

The photos below are presented in the order in which I visited the cemeteries.

06 August 2009: I received an email message with details of a few cemeteries that I must have missed when in Port-aux-Basques in 2005. Here's how they were described to me:

One is located behind the old ballfeild ... If you walk up currie avenue where the old RC school is at ... well just before the RC school look down to where the old ballfield ended and there are alot of headstones ... it is old and not taken care of ..... also you go further down the same street to a building called shark cove suites and there is another grave site behind the apartments also very old and not looked after.

St. James Anglican Cemetery

This is the new cemetery located out of town, with an access road from the TCH. These photos were taken on 12 June 2005 (in the rain).

Gerald S Pike
George Edward Pike
Willoughby Pike
Maisie Pike

Edward T Pike
Alma A Pike
Clifford S Pike
James L Pike

Eric W Pike
Kayla Jeanette Pike
Robert J Pike
Carrie Pike

William Thomas Pike
Maggie Sarah Pike
Cyril Walter Pike

Austin Pike
Jessie Pike
Frank R Pike
Margaret Pike

Will Pike
Mary Pike

St. James Anglican Cemetery

This is the old cemetery, located on the way into town but easily within view of the ferry terminal. Indeed, you can see the MV Caribou in port in the first of the photos below, which were taken on the morning of 29 June 2005 (just after I arrived on the MV Caribou).

Emanuel Pike

Elizabeth Pike
Emanuel Pike
John McStravick Pike
Bertha Elizabeth Pike

Wilhemenia Lima Pike
James Pike
Ruth Jean Pike

Raymond Davidson Pike
James W Pike
Alice M Pike
Genevieve Pike
Ernest Pike

Harriett Pike
Martin H Pike

United Church Cemetery

This cemetery is located in town. It is an old cemetery and is quite overgrown in places. As for directions, follow the little shark signs that lead to the Shark Cove Suites on Currie Avenue.

James K Pike
Mark Pike
Martha L Pike
James Kendall Pike

An Anglican Cemetery

This cemetery is located in town, close to the lighthouse. It only has about 10 headstones, most of which have been arranged together on a collective stand.

George Pike
Anna Pike

Catharine Pike
(wife of John)

An old cemetery

This cemetery had no signs indicating any religious affiliation. It is an old cemetery with many stones buried by the overgrowth. As for location, go to the end of Avalon Lane. This is the cemetery that is easily visible from the port side of the ferries as they enter the harbour (indeed as you can see, while I was touring the cemetery, the MV Leif Ericson arrived).

Alice Pike

Timothy Pike
Audio Clip
Mary Magdalene Pike
Audio Clip
Edward Samuel Pike
Edith Pike
Regie Pike
(children of Edward & Alice)
Audio Clip
Audio Clip

Susan Pike
Audio Clip
John Henry Pike
Audio Clip

St. Paul's Anglican Church

This cemetery is located right beside the church. There were no Pike's in the cemetery, but there was one stone that mentioned a Pike, shown below.

Eli Lomond

Salvation Army Cemetery

This cemetery is located out of town, alongside the TCH, and right beside the new UC Cemetery.

Ida J Pike
Philip PIke
Jenny Pike

Wesley United Church

This cemetery is located alongside the TCH, right beside the Salvation Army Cemetery. It is a new cemetery with lots of stones, but none for Pike's.

St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery

This cemetery is located alongside the TCH, right beside the Pentecostal and RC Cemeteries. It is a new cemetery but had no stones for Pike's.

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery

This cemetery is located alongside the TCH, right beside the Pentecostal and St. Paul's Anglican Cemeteries. It is a new cemetery but I had no stones for Pike's (indeed, it didn't seem to have anybody buried in it at all).

Pentecostal Cemetery

This cemetery is located alongside the TCH, right beside St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery and St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery. It had no Pike gravestones.

St. James Anglican Cemetery

This cemetery is located out of town, alongside the TCH. These photos were taken on 01 May 2022.

Cpl Joseph E Lemoine

Lecie Lemoine nee Pike
Willoughby Pike
Maisie Pike

George Edward Pike
Mary Pike

Gerald S Pike
Viola R Pike
Kyle Pike

Robert E Pike
Vivian A Riles

Brian James Pike
James C Pike
Malcolm G Pike
Alice M Pike
Will Pike
Mary Pike

Frank R Pike
Margaret Pike
Austin Pike
Jessie Pike

Cyril Walter Pike

William Thomas Pike
Maggie Sarah Pike

James L Pike
Ann I Pike
Eric W Pike
Marie Pike

Kayla Jeanette Pike
Robert J Pike
Carrie Pike

Edward T Pike
Alma A Pike

Caroline H Pike
Clifford S Pike

John Pike

War Memorial

These photos were taken on 29 September 2023.

J Pike, chief engineer of the SS Caribou
George Pike

Salvation Army Cemetery

This cemetery is located out of town, alongside the TCH. These photos were taken on 29 September 2023. The adjoining Wesley United Cemetery had no Pike headstones in it.

Catherine J Tucker (Pike)

Elsie F Pike
Ida J Pike
Philip Pike
Jenny Pike

Last Modified: Friday, 23-Aug-2024 11:58:04 NDT

	Gerald S Pike	George Edward Pike	Willoughby Pike Maisie Pike
Edward T Pike Alma A Pike	Clifford S Pike		James L Pike
Eric W Pike	Kayla Jeanette Pike Robert J Pike Carrie Pike
William Thomas Pike Maggie Sarah Pike			Cyril Walter Pike
Austin Pike Jessie Pike	Frank R Pike Margaret Pike
	Will Pike Mary Pike

			Emanuel Pike
Elizabeth Pike	Emanuel Pike	John McStravick Pike Bertha Elizabeth Pike
Wilhemenia Lima Pike	James Pike	Ruth Jean Pike
Raymond Davidson Pike	James W Pike Alice M Pike Genevieve Pike		Ernest Pike
Harriett Pike	Martin H Pike

		Alice Pike
Timothy Pike Audio Clip	Mary Magdalene Pike Audio Clip	Edward Samuel Pike Edith Pike Regie Pike (children of Edward & Alice) Audio Clip	Audio Clip
	Susan Pike Audio Clip	John Henry Pike Audio Clip

			Cpl Joseph E Lemoine
Lecie Lemoine nee Pike		Willoughby Pike Maisie Pike
George Edward Pike Mary Pike
Gerald S Pike Viola R Pike		Kyle Pike
	Robert E Pike Vivian A Riles
Brian James Pike		James C Pike Malcolm G Pike Alice M Pike	Will Pike Mary Pike

Frank R Pike Margaret Pike		Austin Pike Jessie Pike
		Cyril Walter Pike
	William Thomas Pike	Maggie Sarah Pike
James L Pike Ann I Pike			Eric W Pike Marie Pike
	Kayla Jeanette Pike Robert J Pike Carrie Pike
			Edward T Pike Alma A Pike
		Caroline H Pike	Clifford S Pike
	John Pike

			Catherine J Tucker (Pike)
Elsie F Pike	Ida J Pike Philip Pike		Jenny Pike