Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Old Cemetery (RM of St. Clements)

Burials in this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements began in 1902 and continued until 1955 when an Evangelical Lutheran church was built at another site and a new cemetery was established beside it. A plaque lists the names of those buried in the cemetery as well as people whose grave markers are gone.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Old Cemetery

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Old Cemetery (August 2025)
Source: Jean McManus

Commemorative plaque in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Old Cemetery

Commemorative plaque in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Old Cemetery (August 2025)
Source: Jean McManus

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.29904, W96.49666
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (RM of St. Clements)

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This page was prepared by Jean McManus, Tighe McManus, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 September 2025

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