Saint James Anglican Cemetery
Also known as Bluff Creek Cemetery
Alonsa, Dauphin Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
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Bluff Creek, RM of Alonsa, Manitoba
R0H 0A0 CanadaCoordinates: 50.81637, -98.83443 - www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/bluffcreekchurch.shtml
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Located in the former town site of Bluff Creek, MB, on Bluff Creek Road, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the junction with Provincial Road 278
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Add PhotosMr Snape was the minister in charge at Kinosota and held services in Bluff Creek in the Glenmona School. In the winter of 1942-43, St. James Church was brought up from Lakeland on the frozen lake. Many people in the district worked hard to make this happen. Mr George Hilche donated the two acres of land on which the church and cemetery are located. ... There is a tall spruce in the cemetery where the first grave was placed. (Source: Many Trails to Manitou-Wapah, p 273 [Adapted])
This small Anglican church, and associated cemetery, are located in the community of Bluff Creek in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. The building underwent extensive renovation in the fall of 1999.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])
Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-19-21-10-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Alonsa
A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1985 is told in the volume "Rainbow's End - Kinosota 0 Alonsa District 1985", especially starting on page 40. And, as noted above, more can be learned from the related volume "Many Trails to Manitou-Wapah", especially starting on page 273.
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, as transcribed by members in 1989 and updated in 1996.
Mr Snape was the minister in charge at Kinosota and held services in Bluff Creek in the Glenmona School. In the winter of 1942-43, St. James Church was brought up from Lakeland on the frozen lake. Many people in the district worked hard to make this happen. Mr George Hilche donated the two acres of land on which the church and cemetery are located. ... There is a tall spruce in the cemetery where the first grave was placed. (Source: Many Trails to Manitou-Wapah, p 273 [Adapted])
This small Anglican church, and associated cemetery, are located in the community of Bluff Creek in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. The building underwent extensive renovation in the fall of 1999.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])
Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-19-21-10-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Alonsa
A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1985 is told in the volume "Rainbow's End - Kinosota 0 Alonsa District 1985", especially starting on page 40. And, as noted above, more can be learned from the related volume "Many Trails to Manitou-Wapah", especially starting on page 273.
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, as transcribed by members in 1989 and updated in 1996.
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- Added: 23 Oct 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2374950
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