It is located at the intersection of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east end of the city just northwest of The Beaches neighbourhood.

The town itself was named after the Norway pine trees native to the area, and was amalgamated into Toronto in 1908.

The sand from this hill was used extensively by the Toronto brickworks, and is thus found in many of the city's older buildings.

The vast majority of those buried there are representatives of the middle and working class of east end Toronto.

Canadian athlete and sports journalist Ted Reeve as well as horsebreeder, William H. Bringloe and writer, Norah M. Holland.