Archeologists have now completed their work of sifting thru the sandy soil below Edgehill Cemetery in Wiarton.
They were called in this spring, after unusually warm weather and heavy rain just after Christmas, saturated the soil and collapsed the oldest section of the pioneer cemetary at Colpoys bay.
As many as 40 graves tumbled down the hillside, exposing some remains and carrying headstones up to 40 metres away.
Under terms of the Cemetaries act, South Bruce Peninsula had little choice but to call in experts to sift thru the remains, catalogue and determine what happens to the bones now.
Site workers spent the summer sifting the soil in metre-square plots to recover remains and charted what they found.
The town estimated the cost at 200 thousand dollars, but Public Works Manager Brad McRoberts says the work came in significantly under budget, at 116 thousand dollars.
McRoberts says a consultant will be hired now to prepare a restoration design for the old cemetary site.