Voices from Another Time | The Kinney Cemetery

In the Kinney Cemetery, the forest spirits share space with the departed! Abandoned for decades, this cemetery from the 1870s was restored in 2002 by volunteers from the Compton Historical Society.

EXPLORE

Our interactive map offered by BaladoDiscovery gives you access to audio files about people who rest in peace in this small cemetery. Listen to see…

ON SITE

A guide will reveal the little secrets of this heart-rending pioneer graveyard, and a ghost from the grave—Bernardine Patenaude-de La Bruère, whose father bought the land from the Kinney family in the early 1900s—will tell you tales from another time.

Together with its photographs and archival documents, this audioguide will help make your visit of the Kinney Cemetery a memorable one. Be sure to travel to the cemetery itself: onsite, you will fully appreciate the beauty and the spirit of the place!

We suggest preloading the tour in your smart device before going to the location (Preload option in the app). You will then be able to access all of the content when you are onsite without Internet. We also recommend the use of earphones to fully enjoy the audio content.

Welcome to Kinney Cemetery!

CREDITS

Production: Les Productions Traces et Souvenances
Research, script, composition of texts, narration: Anne Dansereau
English translation: Stevenson & Writers Inc.
Artistic advisor and recordings director: Lysanne Gallant
Recording: Larry O’Malley, Audiobec Sono/Vidéo
Voice of Bernardine Patenaude-de La Bruère: Julie Normand
Photographs: Anne Dansereau
We thank the La Bruère family, especially France de La Bruère for the archival photographs. 
Producer: Municipality of Coaticook