This cemetery is operated by the City of Winnipeg, which provides listings of burials there. A plaque, dedicated on 15 June 2003, explains the creation of the municipal cemetery in 1878. A broad cross-section of Manitobans are buried in this cemetery, including a section dedicated to military personnel and a section for people who donated their bodies to medical research and teaching at the University of Manitoba.
Monuments in the cemetery commemorate 23 firefighters who lost their lives in the course of their duties a 22 and victims of the Dugald Train Disaster.
In 2022, the cemetery became a municipally-designated heritage site.
Entrance to Brookside Cemetery (February 2017)
Source: Christine Loff
Brookside Cemetery (2010)
Source: City of Winnipeg
Firefighters monument in Brookside Cemetery (November 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Military commemorative monument in Brookside Cemetery (November 2015)
Source: George Penner
A portion of the military section in Brookside Cemetery (November 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
“Teardrop” plot in Brookside Cemetery where 140 First World War dead are buried (June 2022)
Source: George Penner
Commemorative plaque and monument in Brookside Cemetery for victims of the Dugald Train Disaster (June 2022)
Source: George Penner
Monument in Brookside Cemetery for victims of the Dugald Train Disaster (June 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.916636, W97.219022
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Field of Honour Memorial (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: University of Manitoba Medical Monument (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Fire Fighters Memorial Monument (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dugald Train Disaster Monument (Dugald, RM of Springfield)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Korean War Memorial (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Quarantine Hospital (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Chapel and Winter Vault (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Cemetery / Walkeyburg St. Theresa Roman Catholic Cemetery (RM of St. Clements)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Cemetery (Snow Lake)
Brookside Cemetery, City of Winnipeg.
Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, and Christine Loff.
Page revised: 5 October 2023
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