Brookside Cemetery largest cemetery in western Canada

On a crisp Valentine’s Day walk through Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba—with my miniature Winnie-the-Pooh bear in hand—I came upon the grave of a man whose quiet act of kindness inspired one of the world’s most beloved children’s stories: Major Harry Colebourn. Born in England, Harry later made Winnipeg his home. He trained as a […]

City owned Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba is the largest cemetery in western Canada, containing the graves of more than 200,000 people. See my upcoming famous graves on my recent visit to Brookside Cemetery.