The Dunrea Protestant Cemetery is located in the RM of Riverside. It is often called the Rea Cemetery.

It is fenced and nicely kept, and has a 14 by 14 foot (~4.3 x 4.3 m) mortuary built in 1933, one large evergreen and scattered lilac bushes. In 1882, Dinah Rea, aged 20 was the first person buried in the cemetery.

(Source: Riverside Heritage, 1896-1996, p 138 [1996; Adapted])

The Protestant Cemetery, often called the Rea Cemetery, was established in the early Pioneer Era. The first burial occurred in 1882.

(Source: Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes website, Self-guided tour #5 [2024/02; Adapted])

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Established in 1882

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD15-20-05-17-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1996 is told in the volume "Riverside Heritage, 1896-1996", especially on the cited pages. 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 #0731), transcribed by a member or members in 1992. 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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The community's current Roman Catholic cemetery is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) SE of this location.

The community's original Roman Catholic cemetery is located a further 2.5 miles (4 km) SW of that location.