Lakeview cemetery, Sarnia

{{Short description|Cemetery in Ontario, Canada}}

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| image =Grave Of Alexander Mackenzie - Sarnia, ON.jpg

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| established = 1879

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| location = 1016 Colborne Road, Sarnia, Ontario

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.9952|-82.3846|type:landmark_region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

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| interments =>13,000

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| website = {{url|https://www.lakeviewcemetery.ca/}}

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Lakeview Cemetery Company is a cemetery located at Colborne Road and Michigan Avenue in Sarnia, Ontario. Opened in 1879 by the Town of Sarnia to replace smaller and church-based cemeteries,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakeviewcemetery.ca/cemetery-info/about|title = Lakeview Cemetery & Crematorium | About Us}} it is most notable for being the burial place of Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.{{cite news |title=A historical stroll through Canada's prime ministerial grave sites |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/a-historical-stroll-through-canadas-prime-ministerial-grave-sites/article22500109/ |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=7 October 2000 |access-date=27 July 2020|last1=McArthur |first1=Douglas }} The cemetery, which is still an active burial site and now has a crematorium, contains the war graves of 11 Canadian service personnel of World War I and 13 of World War II.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2025164/SARNIA%20(LAKE%20VIEW)%20CEMETERY] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Cemetery report

Other notables buried here include:

• Alexander Vidal – Ontario Senator and MLA for the United Provinces of Canada
• Frederick Forsyth Pardee – Ontario MPP and MP; Senator
• William Thomas Goodison – MP for Sarnia