A blockhouse was built at the site in the 1750s to protect Halifax from attacks by the Mi ' kmaq people . The land was subsequently developed as small farms . In 1893 , the land was acquired by a private company , the Fairview Lawn Cemetery Limited , for a non-denominational cemetery because the Camp Hill Cemetery in the centre of the city was running out of room . The city of Halifax took over the cemetery in 1944 . Fairview contains a cross section of Halifax 's 20th century residents including a Greek section and a Chinese section as well as a mass grave of victims from the Halifax Explosion and many other graves
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia