Our cemetery is located at 826 Crescent Drive in Winnipeg, Manitoba along the banks of the Red River. It has a long and interesting history if one can judge by the names and dates engraved on the headstones. Some dates go back as far as 1914. It is of interest to note that this cemetery has occupied this location only since 1929. The first cemetery was in existence between the years 1914-1929. According the obituary appearing in the publication “Le Manitoba” dated May 27, 1914, Mme Anastasie Nault (headstone pictured above) was the first person to be buried in that first parochial cemetery. Recorded history of the Parish indicates that “the cemetery was quite a distance from the Church and was inaccessible in wet weather” and so in 1928, Rev. Father J. Bertrand, parish priest, approached the RM of Fort Garry to have the road to the cemetery improved. The Council at the time decided that it would be too costly to build a road and so agreed on a land swap with the Parish. So along with a “few dollars”, the Parish obtained the present location on Crescent Drive in exchange. The courts granted permission for removal of the bodies in the Spring of 1929. The Winnipeg Free Press issue of September 9, 1934 states that Archbishop of Winnipeg, Alfred A. Sinnott consecrated the new cemetery grounds and blessed the large central white cross (pictured above).
