This cemetery is situated in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead. Among the grave markers is one for surveyor Duncan Sinclair that, unlike the others, faces the North Star.
Bend Cemetery (July 2011)
Source: Allan Drysdale
Bend Cemetery (August 2021)
Source: Lorna ClarkSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.48027, W100.37688
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Duncan Sinclair (1817-1892)
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 Doug Pratt and Lorna Clark for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2021
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