Established in or about 1918.

When the first settlers arrived in this area, around 1900, they named the district Wisla, a Polish word meaning "Valley-View". By hard work and with many privations, they carved homes out of the bush, in many cases bartering cordwood to the storekeepers in Elphinstone and Strathclair for groceries. and other necessities.

In 1917, the St. Peter and Paul church was built in the Wisla district, on SE-07-19-21(-W1), being blessed on August 15, 1917, by Archbishop Alfred A. Sinnott. This church served the area for many years but is only used occasionally now (1984), as there (were) too few parishioners near to justify keeping it open for regular masses. After the death in the early 1930s of Father Cheameau, other French Oblate priests continued the visits in the district. It was decided in 1937 to centralize the outlying areas and build a church in Elphinstone.

(Source: Our Story to 1984, pp 101f [Adapted])

The cemetery is located at the back of the church with trees all around it. There are 3 family names on markers which are written in Cyrillic, which indicates they may have Ukrainian connections.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

This Roman Catholic church and cemetery in the Municipality of Harrison Park were designated in 1991 as municipally heritage sites.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-07-19-21-W1

As noted above, a part of the town'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", especially starting on page 95. 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 #1064), transcribed by a member or members in 1996. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information may be contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).

Additionally, the Ogniwo Polish Museum centralizes, curates and makes available extensive records from various groups related to the communities established by the families of Polish descent who settled lived in, died in, or contributed to the story of Manitoba.