Hilly Grove Cemetery
I spent some time a few years ago at Hilly Grove Cemetery on Manitoulin Island, walking the rows of headstones the marked its well maintained plots. I was searching for familiar names in the oldest section of the cemetery. I knew before I headed to the island that several of the original Tehkummah settlers could be found there: George Amer, Laban Amer, Charles Boyd, Oswald Hinds, Mary Ann Sloan, Samuel Sloan.
What I didn't know was the exact location of the cemetery but I figured that since Hilly Grove seemed like a tiny postage stamp of a place it would likely not be difficult to find. Just point the car and go. Fortunately, it's located on the east side of Highway 6 in the Township of Assiginack, roughly half way between Manitowaning and Tehkummah and is entered through a iron gate flanked on either side by a colourful field-stone wall.
