Is it "Ha Ha, I told you that if you tried that you'd end up dead."?
Or is it, "Ha Ha, now that I'm dead, you'll never bother me again!"?
In any event the person who named this cemetery apparently had a sense of humor, however twisted.
If you need to find this cemetery, just head straight south on Highway 915 from the Crooked Creek Convenience Store in Riverside-Albert, drive about 7.5 kilometres and you'll spy the cemetery on the southeast side of the road, to your left. I'll leave it to you as to how to find Riverside-Albert.
It seems that we weren't the only ones who took note of the sign at Ha Ha Cemetery. Below is a little blurb that has been posted on the cemetery's page at
Find a Grave.
And finally, I shouldn't have to repeat this, but the meaning of life is
42. It's a scientifically proven fact, acknowledged by persons of science for decades now, supported by empirical evidence by the boatload and just plain obvious to any thinking person.
Cemetery notes and/or description:
This cemetery was founded in 1800. It is referenced, among other places, in the book Signspotting 2. Rosie Barber is credited with the photo of the sign reading "Ha Ha Cemetery," and the caption below it reads, "Ha ha! You're dead! Evidently someone else had the last laugh."
Also, Aaron Ricker & The Stickers recorded an album in 2008 bearing the name of this cemetery. The following is an excerpt from
Aaron Ricker And The Stickers (accessed on June 25, 2008):
"...The Ha Ha Cemetery actually exists. It's in New Horton, NB. Aaron was struck by the name. In the summer of 2007, he camped at the Ha Ha Cemetery in New Horton, NB, and worked on funny songs about the people buried there. He recorded them that winter, in McGill's Birks Chapel in the middle of the night.
New Horton is Maritime Gothic. Weather beaten signs haunt the rough winding roads, heavy with quiet and time. Tiny old-fashioned graveyards grow free, like mushroom circles.
New Horton's Ha Ha Cemetery is, like every cemetery, a book of knock-knock jokes. First, a ritual signal, a somebody on the other side..."
From Find a Grave
If, instead, you're of a less whimsical bent, you can find the legend of the naming of
HA HA Cemetery
HERE.