Souris Glenwood Cemetery
Also known as Souris and Glenwood Cemetery
Souris, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
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Office Address
100 – 2nd Street South
Box 518
Souris, Manitoba
R0K 2C0 Canada - Cemetery ID:
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Additional information
Located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Souris, Manitoba, on the west side of Provincial Highway 250. Open to the public seven days a week from dawn to dusk.
In the interest of the overall appearance of the Cemetery, no person shall without the permission of the Cemetery Board remove, break or alter any tree, plant or other object.
A network of roadways provides vehicular access to the grounds and pathways further facilitate pedestrian access to the sections.
Cemetery clean-up occurs twice per year; each May and October. All items, with the exception of headstones, must be removed from every grave in the cemetery.
Information on plot and columbarium locations is available from the Municipality office (hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM).
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The Souris-Glenwood Cemetery is owned and managed by the Rural Municipality of Souris-Glenwood. There are two sections: Old Section and New Section. In the New Section, cement platforms provide a base for markers. (Source: RM of Souris-Glenwood [2023/09; Adapted])
Established in 1885.
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-04-08-21-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Souris-Glenwood, of which, the Town of Souris is the administrative centre
A part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 2006 is told in the volume "The People of Souris and Glenwood - From the Earliest Beginnings to the Present" and in a related volume entitled "False Starts - A History of the First Settlements in the Souris Mouth Area".
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 available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0286), transcribed by a member or members in 1984 - 1986. 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).
The Souris-Glenwood Cemetery is owned and managed by the Rural Municipality of Souris-Glenwood. There are two sections: Old Section and New Section. In the New Section, cement platforms provide a base for markers. (Source: RM of Souris-Glenwood [2023/09; Adapted])
Established in 1885.
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-04-08-21-W1
In the Rural Municipality of Souris-Glenwood, of which, the Town of Souris is the administrative centre
A part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 2006 is told in the volume "The People of Souris and Glenwood - From the Earliest Beginnings to the Present" and in a related volume entitled "False Starts - A History of the First Settlements in the Souris Mouth Area".
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 available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0286), transcribed by a member or members in 1984 - 1986. 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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