Abandoned Manitoba 2: Winter Vaults of Manitoba

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@karlarasmussen5818 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in Manitoba, the fourth generation of my family to work in our funeral home business. This was an interesting look at the past. I recall my dad mentioning several churches in our area (the Swan Valley) that used to have "winter crypts" in their basements, but the only one that I believe still remains is the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows church in Camperville. I now live in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and our old city cemetery has a winter vault with a chapel quite similar to the one in Melita. I had the opportunity to tour the building a few years ago when I was on the Heritage Advisory Committee with the City of Moose Jaw; it was used as a chapel for committal services prior to the interment for many years. There is a special lift in the floor of the chapel to bring caskets up from the crypt below in the basement. Just like in the video, there are a number of niches or shelves where the caskets could be kept in cool conditions so the bodies wouldn’t decompose as quickly in the cooler temperatures. I understand each local funeral home at the time had several of these spaces for temporarily holding casketed bodies before burial, sort of like a morgue. Sometimes the crypt was used over the winter when grave digging was difficult due to the frozen ground, and I believe it was used during the Spanish Influenza when the large number of deaths made it difficult to keep up with timely burials. Thank you for sharing this - I found it quite fascinating!

@dallasrichard2404 4 ай бұрын

Them priests and nuns done alot of bad things in that church basement...Im from the neighboring pine Creek just a hop skip and jump from camperville.

@earFront 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for for making us all a little bit more informed about our world.

@robswystun2766 8 ай бұрын

I had stopped at the first winter vault you visited in Transcona back in the autumn just to check out the cemetery and take some selfies because I thought it was a cool looking little building. Had no idea what it was at the time. This was really informative.

@biddydibdab9180 8 ай бұрын

I find cemeteries and the stories told on the stones fascinating. I didn’t know about these vaults but wonder what was done in areas where there were no winter vaults. Very interesting.

@indianathiessen 8 ай бұрын

That was very interesting! Great video and great history

@petervitti9 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Manitoba has such a rich history! Thank you!

@Tiberius_Joe 8 ай бұрын

Super knowledgeable about these historical buildings. Looking forward to watching and learning more from your channel. Thank you.

@Alex_Mitchell 6 ай бұрын

As recently as 25 years ago, the main cemetery in Kincardine, Ontario had an actively used winter vault. As far as I know it might still be in use. I conducted several spring burials of folks whose remains were overwintered in that building.

@Pablo_Del_Norte 8 ай бұрын

Another solid visit. Thank you.

@BonesyTucson 3 ай бұрын

This is a great little channel, glad I found it.

@debbiem9218 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Manitoba Historical Society, Gordon Goldsborough et al. I love reading articles from the Society and looking at the pictures. You do an excellent job of showing and detailing the history of Manitoba. I have several family members and friends buried in the Transcona Cemetery and if memory serves me correctly I believe my grandmother told me that my grandfather was kept in the vault until he could be buried in the summer. I think that might have been in the late 50s. Keep up the great work!

@Son_of_Doerk 4 ай бұрын

Fascinating! Thank you Gordon!

@crazylady77777 8 ай бұрын

Fascinating 👌

@robertplatt643 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Natural preservation!

@marianfrances4959 8 ай бұрын

Wow!👍😎🇨🇦

@krisskross8985 6 ай бұрын

They still use winter vaults in some Rural Ontario communities like "Walkerton" where some of my Family lives.

@bobbates7343 6 ай бұрын

I remember going to a funeral in Toronto in the winter when I was a boy and the body was put in one of those winter vaults

@markgatward8765 7 ай бұрын

Torn down this winter

@jeffmain2251 5 ай бұрын

I went looking(about 2 weeks ago) for the two in Winnipeg you mentioned. Only one remains. However, I was told there is one in St Pierre though(I have not looked yet)

@dropdog395 8 ай бұрын

I'm thinking those racks in the basement weren't around when the vault was in use. Each casket/contents would have weighed hundreds of pounds. Single 2x4s with holes drilled for pipes wouldn't have supported the weight. Their construction doesn't look that old either.

@djf8619 7 ай бұрын

Interesting vid. I had heard the term Charnel house before, but never bothered to find out exactly what it was. Thanks for all your great vids.

@cherylosborne9952 8 ай бұрын

Were the remains from the winter vault buried in that particular cemetery or perhaps other cemeteries nearby?

@markmarsh27 8 ай бұрын

My Grandfather got some temporary work from a local graveyard every spring, burying the coffins in the winter vault. Another guy dared him to open a lid. The face of the guy inside was stuck to the satin liner and peeled off right to his skull when he opened it. I remember screaming when he told me the story, I was about 8.

@djf8619 7 ай бұрын

Grandfathers. Yep.

@largo8013 5 ай бұрын

Winterr

@penelopepurr 4 ай бұрын

Why would they not let you in? Could you not have asked the groundskeepers or management to let you film?

@rogerhall559 8 ай бұрын

building mud flooded.

@Upgraydez 8 ай бұрын

We have a mud flood every year round here. U'd think someone would remember a mud flood if it happened after 1906, when the Osborne building was built, not in the past, pre-1700, like that "theory" suggests. I'd luv for Gordon to do a video tearing that one apart LOL. Those Half-Wit Historians only look to try to prove their theories rather than find truth.