In the late 1920s it became necessary to have a public cemetery. The council Of the RM of Harrison bought a plot for a municipal cemetery from Gus Rystephanuk on July 7, 1931. It is situated on SW-09-18-20(-W1). The St. Micheal's Orthodox Church and others use this cemetery.

The movement of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church at Sandy Lake commenced in the year of 1924. This was before the Church organization was formally organized. The first and second meetings of the Church and the organizing committee occurred in 1927.

The congregation not owning a church building of their own at this early time would rent a church from the Anglican people at Sandy Lake for their services. Later, in 1933 they purchased this church building. It was remodelled into a Ukrainian-style church with beautiful domes and crosses on top.

On January 23, 1944, the members suffered a terrible tragedy. This relatively new "House of the Lord" burned right down to the ground. In the summer of 1944 arrangements were made to construct a new larger church, which was consecrated on July 7, 1948. 

(Source: Sandy Lake – Our Roots -- A History of Sandy Lake and District, 1984 , pp 18 and 23)

The main early settlers near Sandy Lake, Manitoba, Canada, who arrived just before 1900 and who constituted this parish, were mostly from the area that became the Ternopil Oblast.

(Source: Canadian Orthodox History Project)

The grounds are maintained by a member of the Orthodox church.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD04-09-18-20-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Harrison Park

As noted above, a part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1984 is told in the volume "Sandy Lake – Our Roots -- A History of Sandy Lake and District, 1984". 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 #1000), transcribed by a member or members 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). 

Additionally, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada (Manitoba Branch) centralizes, curates and makes available extensive records from various groups related to the communities established by the families of Ukrainian descent who settled lived in, died in, or contributed to the story of Manitoba.