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The St. John’s Anglican Church was built at this site in Elgin, in the Municipality of Grassland, in 1904 and was formally consecrated at a service on 5 January 1908. It is believed to have been demolished around 2008.
A monument made of bricks from the former church was erected at N49.44430, W100.27061.
Period
Cleric
1905-1908
Rev. J. D. Hall
1908-1911
Rev. D. T. Parker
1911-?
Rev. W. G. Nicholson
?-?
Rev. Brown
?-1916
Rev. H. O. N. Belford
1916-?
Rev. J. McKinney
?-?
Rev. T. D. Painting
?-1924
Rev. W. A. Wallace
1924-1930
Rev. A. Birch
1930-1935
Rev. S. L. Nash
1935-?
Rev. Hugh Percy
?-?
Rev. J. P. Cooper
?-?
Rev. Hewitt
?-?
Rev. Norman Lowe
?-1948
Rev. H. Markle
1948-1952
Rev. Lionel Rowe
1952-1955
Rev. O. Spencer
1955-1957
Rev. T. Thurlow
1957-1958
None
1958-1960
Rev. Fred Lynch
1960-1961
Captain Sells
1961-1964
Rev. Colin Chapman
1964-1968
Rev. Daley
1968-1969
Rev. Dave Clark
1969-1970
Rev. Colin Chapman
1970-1974
Rev. W. J. Smith
1974-1976
Rev. James Merry
1976-1979
Rev. Dan Noonan
1979-1980
Various
1980-1984
Rev. Fred H. Carson
1984-1989
Rev. Alvin Jacobs
1989-1990
Various
1990-c1998
Rev. Ray McMullan
View of churches in Elgin, including the Presbyterian Church at left, United Church in centre, and Anglican Church at right (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2016-0205
Postcard view of St. John’s Anglican Church (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0094
St. John’s Anglican Church with the United Church at left (2007)
Source: Bernie Freeman
Site of the former St. John’s Anglican Church with the Elgin United Church in the background (April 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
St. John’s Anglican Church commemorative monument (August 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.44496, W100.26843
denoted by symbol on the map above
Echoes of Elgin by Elgin Centennial Committee, 1970, pages 37-39.
Elgin Echoes: Into the Millennium, 1970-1999 by Elgin History Book Committee, 1999, pages 8-9.
We thank Bernie Freeman and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 May 2023
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