Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnewakan Cemetery (Minnewakan, RM of Coldwell)

This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell was established in 1901. There was formerly a Roman Catholic church in the cemetery but it was destroyed by fire many years ago.

Roman Catholic church in the Minnewakan Cemetery

Roman Catholic church in the Minnewakan Cemetery (no date)
Source: Diane Malcolm

Minnewakan Cemetery

Minnewakan Cemetery (April 2018)
Source: Lorna Clark

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.70488, W98.16710
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

We thank Tim Worth, Lorna Clark, Judy Gleich, and Diane Malcolm for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 September 2022

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