Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bethlehem Memorial Cemetery (Dacotah, RM of Cartier)

This cemetery is located south of Dacotah in the Rural Municipality of Cartier. A monument in the cemetery commemorates the Bethlehem Lutheran Church that was established here in 1925. Its congregation merged with those of Bethania Lutheran and St. Paul’s Lutheran in 1967 to become Trinity Lutheran Church at Starbuck.

Bethlehem Memorial Cemetery

Bethlehem Memorial Cemetery (August 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Bethlehem Lutheran Church commemorative monument

Bethlehem Lutheran Church commemorative monument (August 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.83489, W97.64136
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.

This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 September 2019

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