The cemetery surrounding this church is steeped in Manitoba's history. The hardships of plagues such as influenza, diphtheria, typhoid and tuberculosis are revealed as the inscriptions on the tombstones in the older part of the cemetery are read. Many people who played a role in the Red River Settlement and Manitoba's history are found in the cemetery. These people include Archdeacon Cockran, first missionary and founder of the church; E.H.G.G. Hay, the first leader of Manitoba's Official Opposition Party in 1870; Alexander Christie, Chief Factor of the Hudson Bay Company; Alexander Lillie, who operated the first successful experimental farm at Lower Fort Garry; Matilda Davis, who ran the Miss Davis School for daughters of Hudson Bay Company officials in the area; and Captain William Kennedy, Arctic Explorer who searched for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition.

(Source: St. Andrews on the Red Anglican Church website [2023/12; Adapted])

St. Andrew's on the Red is the oldest Anglican stone church in Canada, west of the Great Lakes. The Church was built between 1845 and 1849, designed by Archdeacon William Cockran and stonework done by Duncan McRae. The Church was the worship place of many of the retired Hudson's Bay employees and their families.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD04-03-13-04-E1

In the Rural Municipality of St Andrews

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A part of the town's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1999 is told in the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry 1880-1981", especially starting on page 57, and in the related volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry - A Sequel", especially starting on page 56.

Free digital versions of these and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference#0118), transcribed by a member or members in 1984 and updated in 2001 and 2018. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or 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).

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The church building is recognized as a Provincial Heritage Site by the Government of Manitoba Historic Resources Branch (#053)

The rectory building is recognized as a National Heritage Site by the Government of Canada