Meditation Park & Cemetery
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Today, Big Canoe Chapel’s footprint includes Meditation Park, an eleven-acre forested area encompassing The Terraces outdoor venue for summer concerts and other community events, the Chapel Cemetery, a serene setting of gazebos, meditation benches, memorial wall, Columbarium and grave plots, the Scout Hut, the Robert B. Platt Botanical Garden, and lush walking trails.
Back in 1989 the Big Canoe Company donated the 11-acre tract to the Chapel expressly for church and/or community purposes. The Terraces and Scout Hut were built near the end of 2000, and once a vision statement had been written, the Memorial Wall, Botanical Gardens and Cemetery all became part of what is now Meditation Park.
Cemetery plots, niches and memorial plaques may be purchased by Big Canoe property owners, immediate families, and Chapel members. The cost of a grave plot is $2500, a columbarium niche is $2000, and space on the memorial wall is $750.
Big Canoe Cemetery is registered with the State of Georgia as a church cemetery and is operated on a self-financing basis, with twenty percent of plot sales deposited into a perpetual care fund. For more information regarding Meditation Park and the Chapel cemetery, call the Chapel office at 470-273-6768.
Meditation Center
Welcome Sign
The Terraces
Cemetery Sign
Meditation Gazebo
Cemetery Plot
Columbarium
Scout Hut
Big Canoe Chapel Cemetery
The Cemetery lies in a lovely serene forest setting featuring natural flowers, shrubs, and trees in harmony with the natural beauty of Big Canoe. The Cemetery is part of the Jimmy R. Allen Mediation Park.
The Big Canoe Chapel Cemetery was formed in 1984. The Big Canoe Chapel founder, Dr. Vernon Broyles identified the need for a cemetery in Big Canoe. Along with Tom Cousins and the other developers of the time, land was set aside for the cemetery. Dr. Robert Platt, a resident ecologist, was among the first members of the Cemetery Board of Directors.
The Big Canoe Chapel Cemetery is located about 500 yards north of Big Canoe’s Main Gate down the same road used to access the Terraces. The forest setting found at the Cemetery maintains the harmony of beauty in the natural habitat found in Big Canoe.
Big Canoe Chapel Cemetery Features
It features a Gazebo, a Memorial Wall, a Columbarium, as well as burial plots and Meditation Benches. The Memorial Wall is used to memorialize loved ones who are not interred at the Chapel Cemetery, but they have made many memories in Big Canoe.
Burial Plot
Cost: $2,500
Columbarium
Cost: $2,000
Memorial Wall
Cost: $750
Big Canoe Cemetery is registered with the State of Georgia as a church cemetery and is operated on a self-financing basis, with twenty percent of plot sales deposited into a perpetual care fund. For more information regarding Meditation Park and the Chapel cemetery, call the Chapel office at 470-273-6768.