Bowsman Old Cemetery
Bowsman, Swan River Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
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Get directions 221050 Provincial Road 157W
Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, Manitoba
R0L 0H0 CanadaCoordinates: 52.25341, -101.20290 - www.minitonas-bowsman.ca/
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Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman
311 Main Street
PO Box 9
Minitonas, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, Manitoba
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Located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the community of Bowsman, MB, on the east side of Provincial Road 157W
There is no network of improved roadways providing vehicular access to the grounds.
The cemetery is managed by a local committee, whose current contact information can be obtained from the staff in the office of the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman [2024/01].
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Add PhotosEstablished in 1901, the old part of the Bowsman Cemetery (i.e., on the east side of the road) consists of 2.06 acres (~0.83 hectares).
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD12-12-38-27-W1
In the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman
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A part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1988 is told in the following local history volumes:
- Bowsman's History Through the Years (undated)
- Tent Town 1898-1979 - A History of Minitonas and District
- Lasting Impresssions - Historical Sketches of the Swan River Valley (1984)
- 80 Years in the Swan River Valley 1888 - 1968
- 100 Years in the Swan River Valley 1888 - 1988
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 #0794), transcribed by a member or members in 1991. 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).
Established in 1901, the old part of the Bowsman Cemetery (i.e., on the east side of the road) consists of 2.06 acres (~0.83 hectares).
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD12-12-38-27-W1
In the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman
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A part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1988 is told in the following local history volumes:
- Bowsman's History Through the Years (undated)
- Tent Town 1898-1979 - A History of Minitonas and District
- Lasting Impresssions - Historical Sketches of the Swan River Valley (1984)
- 80 Years in the Swan River Valley 1888 - 1968
- 100 Years in the Swan River Valley 1888 - 1988
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 #0794), transcribed by a member or members in 1991. 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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