Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ossawa Cemetery (RM of Woodlands)

This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands was also the site of St. Mary Magdalene Ossawa Anglican Church, built here in 1888 and destroyed by prairie fire in 1910.

Ossawa Cemetery

Ossawa Cemetery (November 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Ossawa Cemetery

Ossawa Cemetery (November 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Ossawa Cemetery

Ossawa Cemetery (November 2023)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.13024, W97.91839
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.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 January 2024

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