Maclaren Cemetery is a small cemetery in the town of

Wakefield, Quebec Wakefield is one of many villages of the municipality of La Pêche, Quebec, 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), Outaouais region of the ...

and the final resting place for Prime Minister

Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as Leader of the Liberal Party of C ...

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

Gatineau River The Gatineau River (, ) 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 drains an area of . Toponomy Ac ...

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 known for his photographs of Canada and the Ottawa region. Career Born in Mardin, Ottoman Empire, a few months before the Armenian genocide, he emigrated to Can ...

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

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 (1904–1968) – diplomat and friend of Pearson and Wrong. * Humphrey Hume Wrong (1894–1954) – diplomat and friend of Pearson and Robertson. * Laurier LaPierre (1929-2012) – Senator, professor, broadcaster, journalist and author. Wrong was his ex-wife's uncle.

External links

History of the Maclaren Family
* Cemeteries in Quebec Cemeteries established in the 1870s 1870s establishments in Quebec {{Canada-cemetery-stub