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Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 23

 

Thomas Greenway Cemetery
S 25-2-12W,
Crystal City

Thomas Greenway Cemetery

Designation Date: June 20, 1989
Designation Authority: The Village of Crystal City
Present Owner: The Village of Crystal City

This pretty little cemetery is the final resting place of several members of the Greenway family. The most famous grave here belongs to Thomas Greenway (1838–1908), the Premier of Manitoba from 1888 to 1900. Greenway was a Crystal City pioneer, founder of the Crystal City Print Shop and publisher of The Rock Lake Herald. His plot is marked by a beautiful monument, a solemn shaft of grey granite topped with a carved urn.

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