Bend Cemetery
Strathclair, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
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Get directions 100250 Provincial Road 126.5W
Strathclair, RM of Yellowhead, Manitoba
R0J 0N0 CanadaCoordinates: 50.48071, -100.37645 - www.yellowheadmunicipality.ca/
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Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
416 Station Road
Box 278
Shoal Lake, RM of Yellowhead, Manitoba
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Located at the end of an access road leading eastward from Provincial Road 126.5W, found roughly 0.25 miles (.4 km) north of Provincial Range Road 100N; about 5 miles (8 km) NNE of the town of Strathclair
A single loop of roadway provides vehicular access to the perimeter of the grounds.
Burial records can be consulted by contacting the staff of the RM of Yellowhead.
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In June 1888, a By-law was passed confirming purchase of a portion of land known as Cemetery Reserve, which was bought by United Counties of Minnedosa and Riding Mountain in 1882, from Duncan Sinclair. This is now the Bend Cemetery.
(Source: Our Story to 1984, p 44 [1984])
Established in 1878
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
Among the grave markers is one for surveyor Duncan Sinclair that, unlike the others, faces the North Star.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])
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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD07-25-17-22-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
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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 1984 is told in the volume "Our Story to 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 #0799), transcribed by a member or members in 1994. 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).
In June 1888, a By-law was passed confirming purchase of a portion of land known as Cemetery Reserve, which was bought by United Counties of Minnedosa and Riding Mountain in 1882, from Duncan Sinclair. This is now the Bend Cemetery.
(Source: Our Story to 1984, p 44 [1984])
Established in 1878
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
Among the grave markers is one for surveyor Duncan Sinclair that, unlike the others, faces the North Star.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])
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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD07-25-17-22-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead
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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 1984 is told in the volume "Our Story to 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 #0799), transcribed by a member or members in 1994. 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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