Established in 1903.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

This cemetery in Birds Hill Provincial Park is maintained by the congregation of the Immaculate Conception Church at Cook's Creek, Rural Municipality of Springfield, MB.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Visit a historic monument at the Pine Ridge Cemetery. It commemorates the Polish contingent of the de Meuron Regiment which arrived in 1817 to help Lord Selkirk establish peace and order in the Red River colony.

(Source: Birds Hill Park Guide, p 15 [2017/06/01)

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD02-20-12-05-E1

In Birds Hill Provincial Park, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield

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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 1973 is told in the volume "Springfield - First Municipality in Manitoba -- 1873 - 1973". 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 #0010), transcribed by a member or members in 1983 and updated in 1995. 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, the Ogniwo Polish Museum centralizes, curates and makes available extensive records from various groups related to the communities established by the families of Polish descent who settled lived in, died in, or contributed to the story of Manitoba.