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This wood frame building at Birtle in the Municipality of Prairie View, the former Rosemount Baptist Church built in 1891, was brought to the community from a site near Newdale (the southwest corner of SW28-15-20W) in 1895 and operated as a Baptist Church at the southeast corner of St. Claire Street and Ninth Street until at least 1980. It was later moved to its present site to be used as a tourist kiosk. The former church manse, a two-storey brick structure, remains at the original site, now occupied by the fire hall, and is used as training space.
Period
Cleric
1895
M. G. Mellick
1895-1896
J. P. McIntyre
1898-1900
D. Holford
1900
D. W. Gunn
1901-1902
F. S. Atwood
1902-1903
J. A. Bowbrick
1903-1905
Rev. Welsh
1905-1909
W. H. Redman
1909-1915
J. A. Bowbrick
1916
E. B. Chestnut
1916-1919
W. Litham
1920-1921
J. H. Hart
1921-1923
F. Smith
1923-1926
P. H. Anderson
1926-1928
Rev. Peppin
1928-1937
B. Gerdes
1938-1942
Duncan Ritchie
1943
Harold Kemp
1944-1945
W. L. McLeod
1946-1949
I. E. J. Gibbon
1950-1953
J. L. Warke
1953
George Rempel
1954-1955
Keith Haskins
1955-1958
George Nelner
1958-1963
Edwin Backlin
1964-1968
Brian Jenkins
1968-1971
Ed Hildebrandt
1972-1974
Ken Duncan
1974-1976
Peter Bueckert
1977-1979
Ian Walker
1980-?
Peter Campbell
Birtle Baptist Church, the former Rosemount Baptist Church (no date)
Source: Birdtail Country Museum
The former Birtle Baptist Church (March 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Birtle Baptist Church (September 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.42222, W101.05939
denoted by symbol on the map above
Newdale, 1870-2000 by Newdale Historical Society, 2000, pages 39-40.
We thank Brenda Samchuk (Birdtail Country Museum), Duncan Waddell, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 October 2021
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