Second volume of Brookside Cemetery stories published

In 2003, a group of Winnipeg historians completed a book in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Brookside Cemetery in northwestern Winnipeg. The book contained stories about the famous (and infamous) people interred there.

Volume 2 of Brookside Cemetery: A Celebration of Life has just been published by the City of Winnipeg's Cemeteries Branch. The 92-page, soft-cover book is a collection of over 50 fascinating short biographies.

Copies of this fascinating book can be purchased for $20 (including taxes) from Brookside Cemetery by phoning Sherry Dyck at 204-986-4348. A limited number of copies of Volume 1 are also available for $10 each.

Subjects in volume 2 include:

A list of burials in Brookside Cemetery is available on-line.