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This brick church at Cypress River, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, was designed by Winnipeg architect Charles Saunders Bridgman and built between 1920 and 1921. It housed the first Union church in Manitoba, formed in 1913 by the merger of Methodist and Presbyterian congregations.
Clerics
Period |
Cleric |
1921-1925 |
Rev. Hislop Dickson |
1925 |
George Henry Hambley (1896-1983) |
1925-1928 |
Rev. L. L. Meech |
1928-1931 |
Rev. J. S. Caldwell |
1931-1935 |
Rev. J. T. Wotten |
1935-1942 |
Rev. N. B. McLenaghen |
1942-1944 |
Rev. W. R. Wood |
1944-1946 |
Rev. Frederick J. Roberts |
1946-1949 |
Rev. J. T. Gawthrop |
1949-1953 |
Rev. John Jackson |
1953-1954 |
Robert Harvey (1883-1975) |
1954-1955 |
W. B. Eaton |
1955-1956 |
W. Gordon Shannon |
1956-1957 |
Rev. W. O. Robinson |
1957-1958 |
Rev. H. Gordon Tolton |
1958-1962 |
Rev. Gordon Taylor |
1962-1964 |
Rev. W. B. Ballantyne |
1964-1971 |
Rev. Melvin Wray |
1971-1978 |
Rev. Art Veldhuis |
1978-1989 |
Rev. Robert Campbell |
Photos & Coordinates
Sources:
Pioneers Perseverance & Progress: Cypress River 1885-1985 by Cypress River History Book Committee, 1985, page 83.
R.M. of Victoria: Past & Present, Volume 1 by RM of Victoria History Book Committee, 2002, page 151.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.
Page revised: 19 March 2023
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