The first mass in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church at Cooks Creek, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, was celebrated in 1899. The church was destroyed by fire in 1922 and the present building incorporating the original bell tower replaced it. The earliest documented burial in the associated cemetery occurred in 1910. The graves are not individually marked, the original wooden markers having deteriorated and disappeared. A stone monument lists the names of those buried here.
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church (August 1990)
Source: George Penner
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church (July 2023)
Source: George Penner
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church (April 2018)
Source: George Penner
Interior of St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church (April 2018)
Source: George Penner
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Cemetery (August 2010)
Source: Peter McLure
Commemorative monument for those buried in the St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Cemetery (April 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.01645, W96.77372
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Michael’s New Roman Catholic Cemetery (Cooks Creek, RM of Springfield)
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.
St Michael’s (New) Roman Catholic Cemetery - Cooks Creek MB, Waymarking.
This page was prepared by Peter McLure, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 July 2023
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