Rivers Mennonite Cemetery in Rivers, Manitoba

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Get directions 121005 Provincial Road 72N
(aka Church Road)
Rivers, RM of Oakview, Manitoba
R0K 1X0 Canada

Coordinates: 50.06390, -100.23439
rmofoakview.ca/residents/cemeteries/
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+1-204-566-2146
Office Address
Box 179
10 Cochrane Street
Oak River, RM of Oakview, Manitoba
R0K 1T0 Canada
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Located about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the town of Rivers, MB, on the north side of Provincial Road 72N (aka Church Road), about 55 yards (50 m) west of the junction with Provincial Highway 250
Any inquiries regarding this cemetery can be directed to the RM of Oakview's office

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About these numbers These percentages indicate the number of Find a Grave memorials that have a grave photo or GPS coordinates. We don't know the total number of burials in a cemetery, so we cannot calculate a percentage of those with memorials, photos or GPS coordinates.

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Owned and managed by The RM of Oakview, this cemetery was established in 1952. There used to be a church on the grounds which was removed.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society and the RM of Oakview's website [Adapted])

A small replica of the Rivers Mennonite Church, which stood here from 1945 to 1984, is also on the site.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-02-13-21-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Oakview; the 72N roadway constitutes the boundary with the adjoining RM of Riverdale which is on the south side of it

A part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 19nn is told in the volume "History of Blanshard Municipality - Volumes I, II, and III", especially in Volume II starting on page 411. 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 #1248), transcribed by a member or members in 2001. 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).

Additionally, the Manitoba Mennonite Society curates and makes available extensive records related to the communities established by the families of their faith who contributed to the story of Manitoba.

Owned and managed by The RM of Oakview, this cemetery was established in 1952. There used to be a church on the grounds which was removed.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society and the RM of Oakview's website [Adapted])

A small replica of the Rivers Mennonite Church, which stood here from 1945 to 1984, is also on the site.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-02-13-21-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Oakview; the 72N roadway constitutes the boundary with the adjoining RM of Riverdale which is on the south side of it