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The coordination of interment services, sale of burial rights (plots and niches), performing record searches and providing interment location maps for all City cemeteries is done through the Cemetery Administration office. The administration office for all of the cemeteries is located in the heart of Mountain View Cemetery, 1210 Scenic Drive South and is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the exception of the noon hour (12 to 1 p.m.). Drive through the main gates to the centre of the cemetery. Ample customer parking is provided next to the office.
Cemetery administration can be reached by:
calling (403) 320-3008 or emailing cemetery@lethbridge.ca
 
Interments may be booked Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the exception of Statutory Holidays.
  • One full business days notice is required for interments in Mountain View, Royal View Memorial & St. Patrick's Cemeteries. Two full business days notice for interments in Archmount Cemetery.

Casket interment arrangements are usually booked by the Funeral Home of your choice. Cremation interments may be booked by the Funeral Home or by the family.

Gate Hours

2650 Westside Drive
There are no locked gates at Archmount Cemetery

1210 Scenic Drive South

  • Fall & Winter Hours: October 1 to March 31
    Gates are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-In Gates are not locked.
  • Spring & Summer Hours: April 1 to September 30
    Gates are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Walk-In Gates are not locked. 

5920 13 Street North

  • Fall & Winter Hours: October 1 to March 31
    Gates are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-In Gates are not locked.
  • Spring & Summer Hours: April 1 to September 30
    Gates are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Walk-In Gates are not locked. 

525 6 Avenue North

  • Gates are open on Wednesdays and Weekends or by Appointment - See seasons below for times
    • Fall & Winter Hours: October 1 to March 31
      Gates are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    • Spring & Summer Hours: April 1 to September 30
      Gates are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.  
Security - After Hours & Weekends

Paladin Security: 403-380-1007
Paladin Security performs regular Cemetery patrols, opening and closing functions and response when Cemetery Office is closed on weekends and statutory holidays.

Maps, Images and Further Information

Located at 2650 Westside Drive

Archmount Memorial Gardens was originally a privately owned cemetery developed in West Lethbridge in the early 1950s.

The City of Lethbridge became responsible for the operation and administration of Archmount Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Feb 2, 1982.

October 2017 - Columbarium installed and niches now available in Archmount Cemetery - Chinook Block - Columbarium One

  • All records and interments for Archmount Cemetery are looked after from the Cemetery Administration Office located at Mountain View Cemetery 1210 Scenic Drive South in Lethbridge.
  • We need two full business days notice to schedule interments in this cemetery.
  • Need a map? Call 403 320 3008 or email cemetery@lethbridge.ca with the name of the person whose grave you are wishing to find. We will be happy to send you one with directions to the grave you want to visit.

Located at 1210 Scenic Drive South

The main entrance is straight ahead through the gates west of the Immortal Flame.

This cemetery originated as a direct request for interment space on the south side of the city as the old Pioneer Cemetery (St. Patrick's) was not meeting the needs of the citizens of the time.

  • 1901 the Anglican Church started a private cemetery originating with Plan One - Block One located in the centre of today's Mountain View, purchased by the City in 1942.
  • 1905, an undertaker named B. C. Moore started a second private cemetery just east of  the original Anglican Church block, subsequently turned over to the City in 1909.
  • 1909, the death of Lou Louenthal prompted the Hebrew Community in Lethbridge to start their own cemetery so they purchased 1.2 acres west of Moore's Cemetery, this cemetery is also now a part of Mountain View Cemetery as well; and is maintained by the City under a special arrangement.
  • Need a map? Call 403 320 3008 or email  cemetery@lethbridge.ca with the name of the person whose grave you are wishing to find. We will be happy to send you one with directions to the grave you want to visit.

Located at 5920 13 Street North

Royal View Memorial Cemetery opened in August of 2013, the first interment occurred in September of 2013.

  • Green Burial grounds, Grasslands opened in late 2019
  • The cemetery entrance is just north of the Pavan Park road
  • Cemetery named Royal View Memorial Cemetery October 4, 2011.
  • Royal View Memorial Cemetery Official Ground Breaking May 8, 2012
  • 400 trees and 525 shrubs have been planted and more trees will be added each year

The History Behind the Name

  • March 4, 2010 a group of staff members at the Galt Museum suggested the name Royal View based on the cemeteries proximity (just two kilometres north of the site) to an old mining town; to give you an idea of the actual location of the town there was a suspension bridge across the river from Diamond City to Royal View back in the day
  • According to the Galt Museum historical data; the town of Royal View started somewhere around 1908 and lasted until the 1920s (in particular the school)
  • In 1910 the town had a population of about 400 but was pretty much completely gone a decade later.
  • Royal View (the town) was also known as Royal City and as Coal City
  • It shared its name with the Royal View Mine that was also located in that area
  • The mine operated from 1923 to 1942
  • The Royal Collieries Ltd. operated from 1907 to 1912
  • The Royal Lethbridge Collieries Ltd. operated from 1925 to 1928 and the New Royal View Mine from 1944 to 1946
  • Read more about the Royal View Mine

525 6th Avenue North

St. Patrick's Cemetery built in December of 1886 is located on the north side of the City with access at 6th Avenue and Stafford Drive adjacent to Dave Elton Park.

This cemetery was referred to as the Miners' Cemetery and the Pioneer Cemetery in the early days and was divided into three sections: a Roman Catholic section on the west, a Protestant section on the east and a Chinese section on the south east.

The interment records for this cemetery were completely destroyed in a church fire in the early 1950's. Today the interment records we are able to access were provided courtesy of the Alberta Genealogical Society Lethbridge Branch based solely on headstones already in place before the fire so are incomplete in many cases as families could not always afford to place a monument.

The Alberta Genealogical Society Lethbridge Branch Click Here to Access Their Website continues their work with old church records and may be able to at least provide names of relatives buried in the cemetery that our records do not show even though there is no exact grave location.

  • All records and interments for St. Patrick's Cemetery are looked after from the Cemetery Administration Office located at Mountain View Cemetery 1210 Scenic Drive South in Lethbridge.
  • Need a map? Call 403 320 3008 or email cemetery@lethbridge.ca with the name of the person whose grave you are wishing to find. We will be happy to send you one with directions to the grave you want to visit.

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