Cemeteries Around Selkirk

Selkirk

Saint Michael’s Roman Catholic Cemetery

The oldest cemetery in the city of Selkirk is the Saint Micheal’s Roman Catholic Cemetery on Highway 9. It was established in 1884 and continues to be used today.

In the fall of 1877, an abandoned Methodist church on Dufferin Avenue was restored and blessed as the Saint Micheal’s Catholic Church. The church consisted of mostly English and French-speaking people with Western European heritage. This is reflected in the early burials which show mostly British Isles and French names. There are a few headstones written in French.

As more Polish people moved to Selkirk through the 1900s a Polish priest was assigned to the church. There are several people with Polish names buried at the cemetery.

Additionally, there is a monument for patients of the Selkirk Mental Health Center, who were buried in unmarked graves.

Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery

A Ukrainian Catholic Church was started in Selkirk in 1917. The Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is located on the corner of Manitoba Avenue and Highway 9. The earliest burials at the cemetery date from the 1930s. Most of the burials are from the 1960s-90s, and the cemetery still operates today.

Old England

Selkirk Lutheran Cemetery

Many Icelandic and German people are buried at the Selkirk Lutheran Cemetery located at 6137 Provincial Highway 9A/Main Street.

The Icelandic Lutheran Church in Selkirk started in the early 1890s and this cemetery was created in the late 1890s. There are over 1000 burials here, and it continues to be used today.

Sigurdur Goodman, a Selkirk citizen, was caretaker of the cemetery for many years in the mid-1900s.

Notre Dame Catholic Cemetery

In 1932 the Roman Catholic church in Selkirk, Saint Micheal’s, was renamed to Notre Dame. In 1947 discussions began about creating a new Roman Catholic cemetery for the area. This new cemetery was blessed in May 1949 and expanded in 1993.

Although the Saint Micheal’s Cemetery remained in operation, this new cemetery, several kilometers away from Saint Micheal’s, is much larger.

Notre Dame Catholic Cemetery is located next to the Lutheran Cemetery at 6147 Provincial Highway 9A/Main Street.

St. Clements Churchyard

This non-denominational cemetery is located at 7 St Clements Drive. It is cared for by the Saint Clements Anglican Church.

The cemetery, established in 1860, is one of the oldest in the province. Before the Saint Micheal’s Cemetery was established almost all settlers from Selkirk were buried here. Take a walk around and you might recognize the names of important people from Selkirk’s history. Additionally, the Saint Clements Anglican Church was the official church for Lower Fort Garry, so many early settlers from the Fort and surrounding area were also buried here.

The cemetery is very large, approximately 7 acres with over 10,000 graves. The oldest known headstone is for Ellen Begg who died in 1867.

East Selkirk

East Selkirk Jehovah Witness Cemetery

This small cemetery is located at the corner of Highway 50 and Cil Road. The first burial was in 1926 and it continues to be used today.

East Selkirk Cemetery

The East Selkirk Cemetery is made of three cemeteries. The cemetery is divided by two parallel roads leading into the grounds, creating three distinct areas.

One area is for the Ukrainian Ruthenian Greek Catholic church, known as the Blessed Virgin Mary the Protectress Church of East Selkirk. Their cemetery is called the East Selkirk St Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, and the first burial was in 1913.

Another area is for the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. Their cemetery is called the East Selkirk St Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, and in 1916 the first person was buried in this portion.

The final area is for the St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church. The first burial in this section, called the East Selkirk St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, was in 1913.

This large cemetery is located on the southwest side of Ferry Road in East Selkirk. The land is approximately four acres and was part of the Dominion Lands Titles granted by King George V of Great Britain in 1925 for the sole purpose of burials.

There are thousands of graves here and it continues to be used today.