Assignment: Strangers
I work at the airport so had plenty of chances to take pictures of strangers, but none of the pictures seemed all that exciting, so I thought I'd try something different.
I was out hiking one day and came by this old cemetary. Turned out to be a historic site. Used between 1938 and 1946 it has 35 grave sites, many have faded over time. Life was hard in the Canadian North back in those days and many people died in the mines or due to the extreme cold temperatures. The first person buried in this cemetary was Art McIntyer on Sept 24th, 1938. He died on his way to work in one of the mines and was found after an eight day search. The funeral party arrived by boat from across the bay as the cemetary is not easily accessible by land (which I found out the hard way) Most of the people in this cemetary were born a hundred years ago and we can only imagine what their lives were like.
