Established in 1898. This cemetery is located behind the church in the town of La Broquerie. There are memorial plaques & a grotto on the church grounds.

At the front of the church:

Hommages a nos pionniers

(Érigée le 26 Juin 1977 par la Société St Jean Baptiste Inc de La Broquerie)

1877 Arrivée des premiers colons / Arrival of the first settlers

1881 La municipalité est formée / The Municipality is created

1883 Mission St-Joachim est érigée / The St Joachim Mission is built

1887 Premiére école à La Broquerie / First school in town

1895 Premiére Religieuse de la paroisse / First nun assigned to the parish

1897 Premiére pique-nique de la St Jean / First St-Jean Day picnic

1912 Arrivée des Soeurs Grises / Arrival of the Grey Nuns

1917 Premiére prêtre originaire de la paroisse / First native-born parish priest

At the back of the church on the edge of the cemetery is a grotto. La première grotto fut érigée sur la propriété de M et Mme Alfred Choiselat, 17 Rue St Charles, pour l'année Mariane 1954. Reconstruite en 1986-7 par les Chevaliers de Colombe et bénite le 7 Juin 1987, à l'occasion de l'année Mariale.

The cemetery is U-shaped and runs along the north, east and south sides of the yard at the rear of the church.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

St. Joachim Roman Catholic Church, built in 1898 and dedicated in 1901, is a dominant feature in La Broquerie. Construction was carried out by volunteers from the parish and was supervised by the local priest, Father Alexandre Giroux. It is a municipally designated heritage building (2000). Some restoration of the building was done as part of the Manitoba Prairie Icons Project.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society)

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD12-31-06-08-E1

In the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie

A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1970 is told in the volume "Paroisse St-Joachim, La Broquerie, Manitoba 1967" and in the related volume "Le Centenaire 1870-1970 - La Broquerie Manitoba".

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 #0408), transcribed by a member or members in 1989. 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).