About Big Canoe Cemetery
Big Canoe Cemetery is a cemetery near Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. It lies about 10 mi southwest of Decorah. The grounds sit at about 1,142 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 454599. The nearest other listed cemetery is Big Canoe Norwegian Methodist Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roble Funeral Home in Spring Grove, about 9.8 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Winneshiek County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Decorah. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.42215, -91.66906
What Big Canoe Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Big Canoe Norwegian Methodist CemeteryDecorah, IAMethodist cemetery0.5 mi
- Stoen Farm CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Quandahl CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery2.9 mi
- Locust CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Egge CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Locust Lane Salem CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Seegmiller CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Iowa River CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Highland CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery4.6 mi
- Springwater CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Big Canoe Cemetery
- Roble Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Spring Grove · (507) 498-3875
- Schluter & Balik Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-8651
- Fjelstul Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-5210
- Helms Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-8651
- Martin Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Waukon · (563) 568-3162
- Bahr Memorials15 miMonument dealer · Waukon · (563) 568-7401
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