St. Matthews Boyne Creek Anglican Church services were first held in the school in 1892. The church was built in 1900, on SW-14-7-I0(-W1). The first wedding was Ellen McLeod and Edmond Hawkins on March 16. 1904. The first funeral was John Cooper on March 12, 1905.

The cemetery is in the churchyard. Spruce trees had been planted on three sides in the early days and now stand large and beautiful.

The church had its closing service on October 13, 1956. In 1960, the Church was dismantled and used to build a Parish Hall in Treherne for St. Marks Church. The congregation from Boyne Creek now attend St. Marks Anglican Church in Treherne.

A memorial cairn marks the original site of the Boyne Creek Church.

(Source: Tiger Hills to the Assiniboine, pp 74f [1976; Adapted])

The Anglicans' first church [1894] was the log school house on Lots 5 & 6 Block 5. This served as their church until 20 December 1901, when it was destroyed by fire. Then they built the present church on the same site and it has served as their place of worship to the present.

(Source: Treherne 100 years 1880-1980, p 20 [1980] and A History of the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk, 1879-1939, p 27 [1939])

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Established in 1901, this cemetery occupies the original site of St. Matthews Anglican church 1900 - 1961.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

A tranquil tree-lined site along Provincial Road 449 was the original location of St. Matthews Anglican Church. Designed by Holland architect Andrew W. Maxwell and built in 1900 by R. Lee, the last service was held on 13 October 1956. The building was moved to Treherne in 1960 where it became the Parish Hall for St. Mark's Anglican Church. A commemorative marker, dedicated on 23 August 1964, stands near the cemetery gate.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society)

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD04-14-07-10-W1

In the Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne

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As noted above, a part of the town's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1980 is told in the volume "Tiger Hills to the Assiniboine", especially on the cited pages, and in the related volumes "A History of the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk, 1879-1939", and "Treherne 100 years 1880-1980".

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 #0568), transcribed by a member or members in 1990 and updated in 1993. 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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Additionally, many records for Anglican congregations in Manitoba and over part of the territory designated historically as "Rupert's Land" (esp, as bounded on the south by the U.S. border, extending north into the Manitoba Interlake Region past Fairford, with the western boundary reaching into the Pembina Hills and includes Portage la Prairie, eastward the diocese stretches to Sioux Lookout/Atikokan) are now with the Diocese of Rupert's Land and are kept in their offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.