A visit to the Drake Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Drake Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Drake Cemetery
Lat: 51.7430° (51° 44' 34")
Lon: -105.0166° (-105° 0' 59")
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Drake Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Saskatchewan:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of the Drake Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Drake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Drake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Lockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Lanigan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Esk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esk
- Guernsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guernsey came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Jansen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jansen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
- Venn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venn
- Nokomis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manitou Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manitou Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manitou Beach <2>
- Watrous
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burr
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Dafoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafoe
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Leroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plunkett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plunkett came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunkett
- Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmel came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Semans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semans
- Sclanders
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sclanders. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sclanders
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of the Drake Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Drake Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Star Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lanigan Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lanigan Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Lanigan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanigan Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Lanigan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Lockwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lockwood Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Lockwood.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockwood Cemetery
- Lanigan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lanigan Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Lanigan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanigan Cemetery
- Esk Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Esk Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Esk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Esk Baptist Cemetery
- Esk Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Esk Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Esk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Esk Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Guernsey Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Mennonite Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sharon Mennonite Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Mennonite Cemetery
- Philadelphia Mennonite Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boulder Lake Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Jansen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- St. Ignatius / Sinnett Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ignatius / Sinnett Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Lanigan and Leroy. The cemetery lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<1> to the northeast of Lanigan.
- The St. Ignatius / Sinnett Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius / Sinnett Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bethany Mennonite Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Venn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venn Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Venn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Venn Cemetery
- Nokomis Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Covenant Lutheran Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Covenant Lutheran Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Covenant Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (New)
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Mary's Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Drake Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.7430, Longitude: -105.0166 |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <6> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <7> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lanigan and Leroy. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |