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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River United Church (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)
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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
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
Postcard view of Cypress River United Church (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0133
Cypress River United Church (June 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of Cypress River United Church (May 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55583, W99.08800
denoted by symbol on the map above
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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