Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s Anglican Church / Westhope School No. 580 / Westhope Cemetery (RM of Minto-Odanah)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

On the site of this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, established in 1892, is a monument erected in October 1970 that marks the location of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. It operated here until 1920 after St. John’s Memorial Church in Bethany was constructed. The church was deconsecrated, sold, and moved away.

Next to the church monument are two commemorative plaques, both installed in 2000 by the Bethany District Homecoming Committee. One commemorates St. Andrew’s Anglican Church and Cemetery and the other is for Westhope School No. 580, which operated in the vicinity from 1889 to 1919.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1890-1902	Edward Anthony Wharton Gill (1859-1944)
1902-1909	Rev. LaTouche Thompson
1910-1915	Robert Weston Ridgeway (1878-1946)
1915-1917	Rev. Joseph Henry Ridgeway

Photos & Coordinates

Westhope Cemetery (August 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough St. Andrew’s Anglican Church commemorative monument in the Westhope Cemetery (May 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.26979, W99.75730 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Memorial Church (Bethany, RM of Minto-Odanah)

Burial records for cemeteries in the Rural Municipality of Minto

Sources:

Our Story, A Legacy: Bethany and District by Bethany History Book Committee, 2000, page 26.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 September 2025

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