St-Edwards Cemetary

St Edward's Presbyterian Cemetery The St Edward's Presbyterian Church is located in the Town of Beauharnois on the shore of Lake St- Louis and the St-Lawrence River in Southwestern Quebec Province in Canada. The cemetery is located at the back of the church which is located at 72 Rue St-George between Rue Richardson and Rue Brown. The St-Edward's Presbyterian congregation in Beauharnois dates from 1834 with the arrival of the Rev. Walter Roach. The original church was built on land that was donated by the Seigneurie of Beauharnois owned by the Ellice family of Scotland and England. The then Village of Beauharnois was the headquarters of the Seigneurie which covered a wide area of the Chateauguay Valley. The present cemetery is managed by a volunteer committee. The oldest inscriptions on the monuments in the cemetery date from the cholera epidemic of 1832 and definitely indicate burial there. This would indicate that the cemetery preceeded the construction of the church.