Since 1850, Little Lake Cemetery has been non-profit and non-denomination. The cemetery is surrounded by the quiet waters of Little Lake and Otonabee River. Over 150 years, this cemetery continues to offer many burial options, including traditional grave spaces, cremation graves and cremation columbariums which within its niches holds cremation urns.
In 1964, the Little Lake Cemetery Company opened the picturesque Highland Park Cemetery located at 2510 Bensfort Road (at River Road South ). It was here in 1976 that the first crematorium between Toronto and Ottawa was established.
Highland Park Cemetery offers many burial options in its park-like setting, including indoor and outdoor columbarium structures for cremation urns, cremation graves, memorial wall graves and a variety of monument and marker graves. Also, in 1979, a section of Highland Park Cemetery was consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough as an official extension of St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Peterborough.
Both Little Lake Cemetery and Highland Park Cemetery also have a chapel where visitation and memorial or funeral services may be held. More recently, Highland Park Cemetery opened up a reception centre where families may greet their relatives and friends, after a service or committal.