Welcome to St. Luke's Pembina Crossing

Welcome to St. Luke's Pembina Crossing Church and Cemetery, located alongside the beautiful Pembina River in the Pembina Valley of southern Manitoba, Canada. The historic landmark is located a short 10 minute drive from Manitou, Manitoba - approximately 90 minutes from Winnipeg.

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In the early 1880's, a number of Church of England families (some coming from England, United States, and Ontario) settled in the vicinity of the ford of the Boundary Commission Trail through the Pembina River.

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In 1885, these pioneers became the founders of the parish of St. Luke's Pembina Crossing. Originally, Church of England services were held directly across the road from this site in the Valley Stopping House. After the Pembina Crossing School was built in 1885, services were held there until 1886. Then the picturesque log building shown below, a general store built in May 1880, was acquired and fitted up as a church.....