Burnsland Cemetery

[1] It is located in the city's southeast in the predominantly industrial district of Manchester, and is the burial place for many of Calgary's First World War veterans.

[1] The cemetery is named after Patrick Burns, one of the Big Four founders of the Calgary Stampede.

[2] Burns was a local rancher and meat packer who donated the land to the city in 1922.

[1] It was designed in the style of Victorian garden cemeteries which sought to create a welcoming park-like area for residents to visit.

[7] The majority of the Second World War burials are airmen who died during training at nearby Royal Air Force facilities.