The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1901. A church at the site was destroyed by fire. Rather than rebuild another church, the small Chapel of the Mustard Seed was moved here in the Fall of 1940, according to a local history book, from the mouth of the Red River where it had been used as a church and school by 26 local families.

Repainted in 1969 and 1979, the first service in the refurbished chapel was held on 12 August 1979. The building was again restored between 2013 and 2014, and then rededicated at the 100th anniversary commemorative service of the cemetery on 10 August 2014.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted] and "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry 1880-1981", pp 52 f [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-34-16-04-E1

In the Rural Municipality of St Andrews

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As noted above, a part of the town's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1999 is told in the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry 1880-1981", especially starting on page 54, and in the related volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry - A Sequel", especially starting on page 52.

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 #0109), transcribed by a member or members in NNNN and updated in NNNN. 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, many records for Anglican congregations in Manitoba and over part of the territory designated historically as "Rupert's Land" (esp, as bounded on the south by the U.S. border, extending north into the Manitoba Interlake Region past Fairford, with the western boundary reaching into the Pembina Hills and includes Portage la Prairie, eastward the diocese stretches to Sioux Lookout/Atikokan) are now with the Diocese of Rupert's Land and are kept in their offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.