Eerie Emerson, Manitoba Gravesite

Here are some eerie images from Emerson, Manitoba, including the Emerson Fox Barn and the Bradley Gravesite. Built in 1911, this barn near Emerson, with a distinctive wooden tower on top, was used for raising foxes to supply the fur fashion industry. It has been sitting derelict for many years but, as of 2011, Emerson municipal officials are working to save and restore one of the last remaining examples of such buildings in Canada. This burial site on a small piece of property owned by the Town of Emerson (now part of the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin) is a considerable distance from the road, in the middle of a farm field. It contains the 1885 grave of Emerson customs official F. T. Bradley along with the ones of his wife Caroline, who died in 1879, and four of their sons. The wife and children had originally been buried in the Old Anglican Cemetery but were moved here in 1900. A single white monument for Caroline Bradley and their four sons is located in the centre of a 16-foot by 22-foot rectangular area delimited by a low concrete wall. A small concrete marker with Bradley’s name and the Masonic symbol is also located inside the rectangle, as is a small white stone marker bearing the initials C B. This was shot on a DJI Mavic 2 Pro in October of 2020.