A petition for the (new) cemetery for Medora to be located on section 29-03-24(-W1), from T. A. Tweed and twenty others was received by the Council on July 4. 1905. Action was taken on the petition on the same day and the survey was completed and registered on November 1 5, 1905. (This paragraph taken from Municipal records.)

The infant daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Welsh, the Baptist Minister and his wife, was the first to be buried in this cemetery in July, 1906. Years later, trees were planted around the cemetery. For many years the Women's Institute had what was called "Cemetery Day" when the people of the community came and did a general clean up. In recent years, young people and older people have been cutting the grass, planting flowers and in general keeping the Cemetery looking very beautiful.

The Women's Institute purchased the gate for the Cemetery. Then in 1967, as a Centennial project, the Women's Institute and The United Church Women, with donations from interested people, purchased new gates for the Cemetery, making a second entrance. The Dedication ceremony took place in the Cemetery on a Sunday in May. 1967. (Contributed by Mrs K Edwards)

(Source: Glimpse Through the Years - A History of Medora, p 10 and p 55 [1970; Adapted])

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Maintenance is done by volunteer labour.

NOTE: A list is provided of the burials known to the committee at the time of publication.

(Source: Bridging Brenda - Volume I, p 72 [1990; Adapted])

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Established in 1906

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-19-04-25-W1

In the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada

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As noted above, a part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1990 is told in the two-volume history named "Bridging Brenda". There are also earlier related works (1970) entitled "Glimpse Through the Years - A History of Medora" (1970) and "Brief History of Medora Early Pioneers" (circa 1935).

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 also available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0290), transcribed by a member or members in 1987. 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).