St. Peter's Cemetery (Lewiston, Maine)

St. Peter's Cemetery (formerly the French Cemetery or Le Cimietière de la Congrégation Canadienne) is a cemetery in Lewiston, Maine.

Located on 150 acres (60 ha) of land, it was officially consecrated in 1876.

It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.

A number of burials occurred in the cemetery prior to its official inception in 1876 and over 45,000 burials have taken place since.

[2] In 1952, the cemetery was expanded by 24 acres (10 ha) with the purchase of a nearby farm.