In Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary, what is the name of the ancient burial ground beyond the pet cemetery?

In Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary, the ancient burial ground beyond the pet cemetery is the Micmac burial ground.

Louis Creed learns that the children’s pet cemetery stands beyond his new home in Ludlow, Maine. Beyond it lies an older burial ground associated with the Micmac people. Bodies placed there can return to life, but what comes back is changed and dangerous, making the burial ground a source of temptation as well as horror.

The novel’s central tragedy develops when Louis tests the boundary between death and resurrection. Its power comes from the conflict between grief and acceptance: Louis understands the danger, yet his love and despair repeatedly push him toward forbidden choices.

Pet Sematary was published in 1983. King has said that the story’s emotional darkness made him initially reluctant to publish it. The 1989 and 2019 film adaptations both use the burial ground as a major element, though their details differ from the novel.