Mayfield Cemetery is located south of Alsask, Saskatchewan in the R.M. of Chesterfield No. 261 and northeast of Empress, Alberta.
May to tuberculosis in the winter of 1913. It was too cold to make the trip to Alsask so he donated a piece of his land for the cemetery which is named in
her honour.
As you will see in the photos above, I had some company during my visit. When I reached the far end of the grounds I suddenly heard a loud rattling. I had disturbed a rattlesnake that was sunning itself and it was giving me fair warning not to come any closer. After the initial surprise I got a few photos of it returning to its den underneath a large headstone.
This well tended cemetery sits on top of a hill and offers a panoramic view of the surrounding prairie and coulees. It's a particularly appealing spot, rattlesnake included. Everyone should be so lucky to end up in such a lovely setting.
About six or seven years later I made a return trip to Mayfield Cemetery and it looked much the same as in the photos shown here. Someone is taking good care of it and that's always a good thing to see. And I also met another rattlesnake sunning itself just down the road from the cemetery. Nice to see some things don't change.
Photographed on June 2, 2017.
