This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Hanover was opened in 1884, south of a Presbyterian church built in 1879, by Anglo-Saxon settlers who arrived in this area before the Mennonite East Reserve was established in 1874. Engraved stones in the cemetery commemorate the Clearsprings Presbyterian Church (1893-1925), Clearsprings United Church (1925-1967), two Clearsprings schools, and local war veterans.
Clearsprings Cemetery (October 2010)
Source: Peter McLure
Commemorative monuments in Clearsprings Cemetery (April 2020)
Source: George Penner
Church commemorative monument in Clearsprings Cemetery (November 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Monument to war veteran Private John Corrie, killed at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 and buried near Neuville, St. Voaaste (November 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Grave of war veteran Dr. Alexander Shilstra MDCM, who served in the Tigris Front in Mesopotamia in the First World War (November 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55565, W96.64277
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clearsprings School No. 85 (RM of Hanover)
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.
Clearsprings Cemetery - Steinbach MB, Waymarking.
This page was prepared by Peter McLure, George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 November 2020
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