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The Bridesville Cemetery is just off Hwy. 3. Take the Bridesville Townsite Road; continue south to cemetery about 1 km. This is a small cemetery; however there is a large sign at the entrance.

The Bridesville Cemetery was established in 1928. There are approximately 125 interments. This is a great old cemetery to explore. There are several grave sites with "Unknown R.I.P" in one general location. Though rather small, the grass is kept at bay. I was unable to find any historical information about Bridesville Cemetery.

Following are excerpts from the Osoyoos Museum: http://osoyoosmuseum.ca/index.php/about-us/history-of-osoyoos/settlement-of-anarchist-kruger-a-richter.html?start=3 "Bridesville, British Columbia

At the turn of the century, wheat grew tall through the 3,500 foot rolling hill country around Bridesville, a former freighter's stop, now bypassed by Trans Provincial Highway #3.

The climate seems dryer today than formerly. Grain does not flourish and the country has reverted to hay. Now, except for abandoned farm buildings and green clad hills, the motorist is seldom aware that the back country is laced with roads and that the highway crosses again and again the Dewdney trail. Not far from the pavement are stains in forest and open hills where little settlements once stood.

One early adventurer over the Dewdney trail was Richard Sidley. He came west from Ontario in 1885 and homesteaded on the mountain top about nine miles east and 2,500 feet above Osoyoos Lake.

Sidley was followed to the mountain highlands by Hozie Edwards who homesteaded the present site of Bridesville. He became the first postmaster on January 4, 1907. The settlement was originally called Maud after Hozie's wife."