This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Franklin was established in 1909. Built in 1938, the Plankey Plains Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church building used to inhabit this site as well. It was later moved to the St. Joseph Museum; however, its stone front steps remain on the original site.
Woodmore Cemetery (August 2018)
Source: Lorna Clark
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church at the St. Joseph Museum (March 2016)
Source: George Penner
Interior of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church at the St. Joseph Museum (August 2018)
Source: George Penner
Steps to Plankey Plains Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church (July 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.14811, W96.83068
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Joseph Museum (St. Joseph, RM of Montcalm)
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 George Penner, Lorna Clark, Gordon Goldsborough, and S. Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 June 2021
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