Alberta's Forgotten Cemetery | Ghost Town Expedition to Mountain Park Cemetery
Deep in midwestern Alberta on the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park, Mountain Park Cemetery sits alone at the highest elevation of any cemetery in Canada. This abandoned cemetery, once part of the ghost town of Mountain Park, is one of the most remote and forgotten places in Alberta, and today my daughter Victoria and I drove four hours through rough, unpaved terrain to see it.
Mountain Park was a coal mining community that grew quickly in the early 1900s before shutting down in 1950. When the mine closed, the town disappeared, but this hillside cemetery stayed behind. Many of the miners and families who lived and died here were buried on this slope with views over the valley, and their markers tell the story of what life looked like in one of Alberta’s most isolated mountain towns.
In this video, you will see the walk into the cemetery, the landscape around it, the remaining grave markers, and a scroll of every known name recorded as buried here. These names come from the Alberta Genealogical Society’s 1999 plot index, the only publicly accessible record of Mountain Park Cemetery burials.
If you enjoy forgotten places, off the beaten path locations, abandoned sites, or Canadian history, Mountain Park Cemetery is one of the most unusual and rarely visited spots you can explore.
My photo gallery, more history and complete write up is on my website:
https://freaktography.com/mountain-park-cemetery-alberta
Full video includes:
• The four hour drive into Mountain Park
• What remains of the original ghost town site
• The cemetery layout and surviving grave markers
• Names of all known burials
• The history of the Mountain Park coal mining community
Location: Mountain Park Cemetery, Jasper National Park, Alberta
Status: Abandoned
Elevation: Highest cemetery in Canada
Access: Remote, rough road conditions, weather dependent
Sources used:
Alberta Genealogical Society Cemetery Record Index
Parks Canada archive summaries
Historic Mountain Park mining reports
Publicly available burial documentation where accessible
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