Visit Woodland Cemetery To See Some Deer

Woodland Cemetery is deep inside London, Ontario, and yet it the home to numerous deer. Visit the cemetery and see some deer. It never fails. Some days it seems there are at least two  good sized herds living on the grounds.

And these deer are semi-tame. My eight-year-old granddaughter, Eloise, took today's picture using my little Canon point-and-shoot. The deer saw the car stop and immediately, with just a little hesitation, approached us. The young deer had clearly never encountered a hunter.

Woodland Cemetery is a multi-faith cemetery owned and operated by St. Paul Cathedral, the Anglican cathedral in the downtown core of London. Founded in 1879 on the banks of the Thames River, today the grounds have expanded to almost 100 acres and hold more than 50,000 burials.

I  believe being on the banks of the river is important, at least when it comes to the deer. The deer population rises and falls and I think they come and go unnoticed by using the river valley for cover. The river in London is quite shallow, only inches deep in some places with numerous shoals. The Thames River would present no danger to deer on the move.