Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chesley Methodist Church (Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

On 4 June 1967, a monument at this site, in what is now the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was dedicated to pioneers of the Chesley district who built a Methodist Church that operated here from 1898 to 1955.

Chesley Methodist Church commemorative monument

Chesley Methodist Church commemorative monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.58391, W99.80252
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Chesley pioneers remembered,” Brandon Sun, 9 June 1967, page 18.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 November 2021

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