Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chain Lakes Cemetery (Municipality of Grassland)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This small cemetery atop a small hill along highway 21 in the Municipality of Grassland was also the site of a Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting House. Built in 1899, services were held in it until 1949 when it was moved to the village of Dand where it became Dand United Church. A commemorative monument was erected at the site in 1967.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1899-1904	Alma Gould Dale (1854-1930)
1904	Rev. Henry James
1904-1907	Rev. Harry Parry
1907-1908	Alma Gould Dale (1854-1930)
1908-1911	Rev. John Metcalfe
1911-1925	Rev. Henry Sutton
1925-1927	Rev. E. W. Johnson
1927-1931	Rev. W. J. Allen
1931	Wallace Ross Donogh (1887-1968)
1931-1935	Rev. H. C. Harris
1935-1938	Rev. J. D. Robinson
1938-1942	Rev. A. I. A. Carruthers
1942-1948	Rev. Harry Dodd (?-1950)
1948-1949	Rev. A. Lockham
After 1949	See Dand United Church

Photos & Coordinates

Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting House at Chain Lakes (no date) Source: Darlene Cox Chain Lakes Cemetery (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Quaker church monument in the Chain Lakes Cemetery (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.36884, W100.51038 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chain Lakes Quaker Meeting House / Dand United Church (Dand, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Sources:

Golden Memories: A History of the Dand Community compiled by the Dand Women’s Institute, 1967, pages 3-14.

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

“Alma Gould Dale (1854-1930): Quaker Minister and Social Evangelist” by Sandra McCann Fuller, Canadian Quaker History Journal, 2004-2005, No. 69-70, pages 57-90.

We thank Grant Cassils and Darlene Cox for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 February 2022

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