Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery (Brightstone, RM of Lac du Bonnet)

Established around 1912, a monument in this cemetery was erected in 2003 by the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet and its Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee.

St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery monument

St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery plaque

St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery plaque (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.28988, W96.16739
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 Peter McLure and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 May 2023

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