Boissevain and Morton Cemetery Description

Date: About 1885 [unknown]
Location: Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada
Surname/tag: Cemeteries

The Boissevain and Morton Cemetery dates from the earliest days of settlement around 1885.
Before July 1929, the cemetery was run by a consortium of investors. After that date, the cemetery was taken over by the Town of Boissevain.
Taken from Beckoning Hills Revisited a community history written to celebrate 100 years of settlement 1881-1981. ISBN 0-88925-258-0
A list of plots and names of the interred (as of 1981) appear starting on page 787.

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Cemetery Sources

GPS Location

Centered Pin: Google Maps/Earth
West Gate (Main Gate) Pin: Google Maps/Earth ,

Manitoba Property Tax Assessment References

Click to open the map, then zoom-in to the cemetery parcel (use the coordinate display at bottom left to guide you to cemetery's GPS coordinates, click on the parcel's ID number to bring up details.

Copy the 'More Info' URL by right-click, copy link.

Then Shift-click on the Property Assessment Report's 'More info' link to open the page in a new window. Then copy and paste the following values here:

Tax Assessment URL

Municipality: 153 - MUNICIPALITY OF BOISSEVAIN-MORTON

Roll No: 210900.000 REAL PROPERTY

Frontage or Area: 11.48 ACRES

Legal Description: DESC 11--339

Civic Address: 890 MILL RD

School Division: TURTLE MOUNTAIN

Community Area: BOISSEVAIN

Ward:

Class: * Tax Status: *

• Get Class and Tax Status values from the table's top row. Usually Class is 'Institutional' and Tax Status is 'Exempt'. Be cautious - these descriptions also apply to other types of parcels (eg) Schools and Churches. If possible, use a mapping app (Google Earth/Maps) to get a look at the site to see if it is, indeed, a cemetery.
  

Certificate of Title / Land Title Office:

3055900 / BRANDON

To check ownership of the parcel go to TeraNet Land Titles site
Enter the Certificate of Title number (above) in the Title Number field, Click 'Search'. Confirm that the 'Registered-in' information matches the 'Land Titles Office' value above.
To order a copy check the 'Order' box then click the View Cart button. As of July 2022, the fee is around $30.