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St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery

Also known as Volkivtsi Cemetery

Mink Creek, Dauphin Census Division, Manitoba, Canada

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  • Get directions Provincial Road 274
    Mink Creek, RM of Ethelbert, Manitoba,
    R0L 0T0 Canada
    Coordinates: 51.36929, -100.48732
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    Located on the west side of Provincial Road 274, 5 miles (8 km) north of Venlaw, MB or 7 miles (11.2 km) south of the former town site of Mink Creek (aka Mink River), MB

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St. Michael's (Volkivtsi)) Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is associated to St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, the first Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manitoba which was built in 1898. The church was moved in 1967 to Valley River (Terebowlia) where it is preserved as a Church Monument near the Cross of Freedom.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)


Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD09-04-28-22-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Ethelbert


A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1985 is told in the volume "The Ties that Bind - A History of Ethelbert and District", especially starting on page 37. 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".


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Mink Creek was known by various names through the decades, including Mink River, Travelling Creek, and Borshaw (Source: Geographical Names of Manitoba, p 512)

St. Michael's (Volkivtsi)) Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is associated to St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, the first Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manitoba which was built in 1898. The church was moved in 1967 to Valley River (Terebowlia) where it is preserved as a Church Monument near the Cross of Freedom.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)


Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD09-04-28-22-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Ethelbert


A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1985 is told in the volume "The Ties that Bind - A History of Ethelbert and District", especially starting on page 37. 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".


Further:


Mink Creek was known by various names through the decades, including Mink River, Travelling Creek, and Borshaw (Source: Geographical Names of Manitoba, p 512)

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  • Added: 30 Jul 2023
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2782633