Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glen Eden Memorial Gardens / Riverside Cemetery (4477 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)

This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul includes part of the former Riverside Cemetery. There are over 8,000 graves in this cemetery. It also contains a monument erected in 2016 by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

A concrete culvert bridge at the entrance to the cemetery was constructed in 1930.

Entrance to Glen Eden Memorial Gardens

Entrance to Glen Eden Memorial Gardens (2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Aerial view of Glen Eden Memorial Gardens

Aerial view of Glen Eden Memorial Gardens (July 2019)
Source: George Penner

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers monument in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers monument in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens (January 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers monument in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens

Concrete culvert bridge at cemetery entrance (May 2024)
Source: Jordan Makichuk

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.00901, W97.05202
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: All Saints Cemetery / Riverside Cemetery (4535 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Monument (4477 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)

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 Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 12 August 2024

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