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

This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands contains a monument commemorating the former site of St. Oswald’s Anglican Church, constructed between 1903 and 1904, consecrated on 3 July 1910, and deconsecreated on 3 May 1998.

Oswald Cemetery

Oswald Cemetery (August 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. Oswald's Anglican Church commemorative monument

St. Oswald's Anglican Church commemorative monument (October 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.21056, W97.55221
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: 4 November 2021

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