The park-like setting encompasses a tranquil pond, offering refuge for ducks and other waterfowl, creating a peaceful atmosphere for loved ones to gather and reminisce.

(Source: Glen Eden Funeral Home and Cemetery website [2023/08])

1908 to 1912 was a period of great expansion in our province. Land values doubled, as real estate agents and speculators bought property hoping to make a quick return.

In 1912 River Lots 38 to 44 were owned by Drewery and Bannerman Real Estate Co. The 1913 municipal records list a R. J. Bateman of London, England as owner, we believe he sold to a Mr. Kennedy. The Kennedys lived in St. Andrew's Municipality, Lot 1, which is on the north side of Parks Creek, and were quite prosperous.

It was Mr. Kennedy who began business as Riverside Cemetery. The mausoleum was built by him.

At that time cemeteries were exempt from municipal taxation. This irked the local council, who took the matter to court, and won — partly! The court ruled that a minimum of twenty acres could be owned by a church and would qualify from exemption of municipal taxation.

Riverside Cemetery owners then had the land subdivided and over the years sold it to various religious groups. If part of their land was used for agricultural purposes it could then be taxed. However Riverside Cemetery, sold in 1955 and now operated as Glen Eden, (was) the only cemetery the municipality collects taxes from.

(Source: The Changing Scene - A History of West St. Paul, p 85 [circa 1989; Adapted])

Within the cemetery, in addition to the large areas of the property that are non-denominational, there are sections that can be identified as holding graves of people of various specific faiths and ethnic origins, including Chinese, Orthodox, and Croation.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

This cemetery in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul includes part of the former Riverside Cemetery. It contains a monument erected in 2016 by the organization "Mothers Against Drunk Driving".

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates (for a point near the entry to the approximately 98-acre (39.6-hectare) property: LSD08-13-12-03-E1

A part of the cemetery's and the area's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1989 is told in the volume "The Changing Scene - A History of West St. Paul", especially starting on page 85. 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".

Recognized by the Society as among the five largest cemeteries in the province by the number of burials it contains, a list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #1270), transcribed by a member or members in 2000. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI).