Owned and managed by The RM of Oakview, this cemetery was established in 1881.

It was one of the first in the community. Mr. Frank Miller, the first to be buried there came from Ontario in 1880 and died in 1881. Mr. Wm. Miller Sr., the first Municipal clerk in Blanshard R.M. was buried there in 1902. He and his wife Mary Cook have their entire family buried here.

Other pioneers include, William Miller first to register a homestead, James Little, Oak River's first postmaster, Mr. Peter Barr, one of the first councillors, and 2 ladies widowed early, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald & Mrs. Sparling.

Also among the family names of pioneers: Black, Hedley, Brown, Hays, Carey, Parker, Short, Turnbull, Kidd, Bell, Bothwell, Hughes and Rowatt.

Of the roughly fifty graves, ten mark the resting places of children.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted] and the RM's website)

Dominion Land Survey Coordinates: LSD16-28-13-22-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Oakview

A part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1984 is told in the volumes "History of Blanshard Municipality - Volumes I, II, and III", especially starting on page 411. A free digital version of this 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 #0084), transcribed by a member or members in 1979. 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).