Tamsui Foreign Cemetery

A burial ground for the foreign merchants, consular staff, and missionaries who settled in Tamsui after it opened to foreign trade in 1860, walled off from the adjoining Mackay Family Cemetery. The oldest grave, that of the infant daughter of Englishman Charles Earl, dates to 1867, and the British consulate at nearby Fort Santo Domingo managed the site from 1870. 76 foreigners were buried here through the Qing dynasty, the Japanese colonial era, and the post-war decades, the last in 2000. After the consulate withdrew in 1972 the cemetery fell into neglect until the Canadian Society (加拿大僑民協會) restored it in 1982; it was designated a monument in 1998 and is now managed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (台灣加拿大商會).