Enhanced Monitoring of Pinkerton Flooding

Extensive flooding is occurring in Pinkerton due to a breach of a privately-owned dyke. The Municipality of Brockton is continuing to coordinate with external agencies, including the County of Bruce, Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority, Ministry of Natural Resources and other Provincial agencies. 

The Municipality remains in an Enhanced Monitoring State, with the Municipal Emergency Control Group meeting regularly to assess conditions and coordinate response efforts. Municipal crews continue to conduct daily site inspections, ongoing monitoring, and maintain regular communications with the affected residents.

Residents are strongly advised to avoid the area and refrain from accessing closed roads as roadways may be compromised. Due to elevated water levels and limited access to the site, repairs will take time.

The Municipality will continue to provide updates as the situation evolves. 

Stay Informed on Pinkerton Flooding Information

Service Disruption: Walkerton Parks and Ball Diamonds Closed Due to Flooding

Centennial Park, Lobies Park, and the Walkerton Kinsmen Tot Lot Park, and Walkerton Ball Diamonds are all closed due to flooding. Low lying areas of trails may also be flooded out due to high water levels along the Saugeen River and Silver Creek and ongoing rainfall. Please avoid these areas as they pose a safety risk.

Cemeteries

The Municipality maintains a large number of cemeteries within the municipal boundaries, including three active cemeteries. Municipal staff are available year round at the Municipal Office during regular office hours to assist with the following:

  • Arrange for plot / niche purchase
  • Arrange for an interment (burial)
  • Obtain information or a copy of the Cemetery By-law
  • Search for grave information, including historical information
  • Questions regarding the operation of the cemetery or anything else related to the cemeteries

The Walkerton Cemetery is open year round - with minimal maintenance in the winter, and winter interments are available at winter rates from November until April each year. The Starkvale and Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery are only open from May to October and do not permit winter interments.

The Municipality of Brockton does not manage the Douglas Hill Cemetery, for more information on this cemetery, please contact Les Abell.

Address: 115 Cemetery Road, Walkerton

Map of Walkerton Cemetery

Address: 4532 Bruce Road 1, Paisley

Note: there are very limited plots available and once sold, the cemetery will be closed to Interment Right purchases and only be available for current Interment Right Holders to inter.

Address: 975 Greenock Brant Townline 

Note: This cemetery is closed to purchases and is only available to current Interment Right Holders for interments.

Brockton maintains a number of abandoned cemeteries located within the municipality. If you are looking for family history or genealogical information you are encouraged to visit the cemetery site yourself as we do not have complete burial records at the Municipal Office.

The Bruce County Museum has produced a Bruce County Cemetery Locator which lists cemeteries by historical townships and provides co-ordinates, civic address and legal descriptions for the cemeteries on this list.

For more information visit the Bruce County Museum's Research page.

List of Abandoned Cemeteries:

  • Baptist Cemetery
  • Old Bethel Methodist Cemetery
  • Brocklebank Abandoned Cemetery
  • Curtis Cemetery
  • Old German Methodist Cemetery
  • McLeans Cemetery
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Roman Catholic Cemetery
  • Campbell and Thompson Cemetery
  • Greenock United Church Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Jackson's Family Cemetery
  • Early Settlers' Cemetery
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery

Contact Us

Municipality of Brockton
100 Scott Street, P.O. Box 68, 
Walkerton, Ontario N0G 2V0, Canada

Phone: 519-881-2223,
Toll Free: 1-877-885-8084,
Fax: 519-881-2991

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