Historic Sites of Manitoba: Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church and Cemetery (Municipality of Gilbert Plains)

A small Catholic church in the Municipality of Gilbert Plains, once used by a Polish congregation, was abandoned at the time of a 2014 site visit.

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Interior of Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church

Interior of Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church and Cemetery

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church and Cemetery (May 2019)
Source: George Penner

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Cemetery

Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Cemetery (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.25909, W100.34346
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 George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 July 2022

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