It is situated between 2 older Anglican churches - St. John's Cathedral to the south (the "lower" church relative to the bed of the nearby Red River) and St. Andrew's (on the Red; the "upper" church) to the north. Hence the name "Middlechurch" to which it is commonly referred.

There are relatively few tombstones compared to the number of burials at the cemetery. According to the church registers, it appears that a separate section was set aside for Indians - many burials here are from the Indian Residential School. Another section holds many who died at the Middlechurch Old Folks' Home from 1910 to 1930s. Few of these graves are marked. Church registers have been consulted & there is a section of the transcription noting burials from 1850-1960 where no tombstones exist.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

To accommodate the increasing population of the Red River Settlement in the early 19th century, Reverend David Jones of the Church Missionary Society built a second Anglican church here at Image Plain. It opened for worship on 30 January 1825, with a congregation of mixed races and faiths. Known as the "Middle Church" because of its location between St. John's and St. Andrews-on-the-Red, it was consecrated St. Paul's on 6 January 1853. Damaged by flood in 1826 and 1852, it was first replaced by a large structure in 1844, and the present edifice between 1876 and 1880. A plaque was erected next to the church in 1975 by the Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba.

Lytch Gate stands on the grounds of the church. Built circa 1890, it was once used as a stopping place during funerals for the pallbearers to rest the coffin until it was time to enter the church or graveyard.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD05-01-12-03-E1

In the Rural Municipality of West St Paul

A part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1989 is told in the volume "The Changing Scene - A History of West St Paul". 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 #0083), transcribed by a member or members in 1984. 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).