On March 8th, 1902, Grace Eveline Lemon, a nine-month, three-week-old infant, was the first person to be interred at Elmwood Cemetery. Over the past century, 50,700 people have been laid to rest at this non-denominational Cemetery on the east bank of the Red River just south of the Redwood Bridge in Winnipeg.  It is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the Province.

The rows of memorials and headstones in this 38-acre historic site mirror Winnipeg’s history -- distinguished community leaders and ordinary folk, pioneers and their ancestors, settlers and new Canadians. Punctuating the park-like setting are rows of simple uniform markers where soldiers lay, the veterans of world wars. Elmwood Cemetery truly reflects the many faces of the City.  All graves have remained intact over the years, even those closest to the river bank. The riverbank stabilization project at the Cemetery is described in a story reprinted from the Winnipeg Free Press on January 19, 2005. 

The Cemetery  is being restored to its original dignity and grace by The Friends of Elmwood Cemetery Inc., new owners who have established a high standard of  long-term care of the Cemetery grounds.