Village of Veregin Cemetery - Veregin, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of the Village of Veregin Cemetery located 1/4 mile north-west of Veregin, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Sliding Hills No. 273. Land location: NW 9-30-1 West of Second. Latitude: 51°35.559. Longitude: 102°06.013. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on October 1, 2004. Updated October 19, 2005 with Lorne Poole.

View from the south-west corner of the cemetery facing north-east.

Historical Background

The Village of Veregin Cemetery was established in 1912 by residents of Veregin, Saskatchewan and the surrounding district. The majority of interments are Doukhobor settlers. The cemetery is in active use and is owned and maintained by the municipality. It is in very good condition.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately four acres in size and is enclosed by an iron fence with a single iron gate. There are small trees and shrubs planted throughout. The cemetery contains 398 interments in a single section comprised of twenty rows facing east-west. I have used death certificates to identify fourteen unmarked graves. There are considerable gaps between the marked graves which would suggest as many as 200 additional unmarked graves. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.

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