On 28 November 1909, Jackson Methodist Church opened officially at this site in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie with a service conducted by Rev. D. M. Kennedy of MacGregor and Rev. W. E. W. Seller of Portage la Prairie.
The church building was a brick veneer structure measuring 24 feet by 36 feet with concrete blocks at its four corners. A minister’s vestry at the bottom measured 10 feet by 12 feet. The church was served initially by circuit minister Rev. John Hellyer of West Prospect Methodist Church. In 1924, the churches at Oakland, Prospect, and Jackson united.
This church closed in 1961 and its congregants joined Murray United Church. The building was removed but it is commemorated at the site by a fieldstone monument.
Period
Cleric
1909-?
Rev. John Hellyer
?-?
Rev. S. E. Calwell
?-?
Rev. W. W. Shoup
?-?
Rev. John Linton
?-?
Rev. A. I. A. Carruthers
?-?
Rev. Thomas Constable
?-?
Rev. S. Riddell
Period
Cleric
1918-1928
Rev. Dr. Samuel Crothers Murray
1928-?
Rev. Carmichael
?-?
Rev. Meek
?-?
Rev. W. R. Welsh
?-?
Rev. L. A. Bygraves
?-?
Rev. Evan Richards
?-?
Rev. E. Crossley
?-?
Rev. G. Denyes
?-1948
Abidah Wotton Kenner (1878-1954)
1948-1954
Rev. Cooper
1954-1958
Ivan Glenn Fulford (1913-2021)
1958-1961
Rev. Oliver Hodge
Jackson United Church (no date)
Source: Harvest of History: High Bluff and Area by High Bluff History Book Committee, 1998, page 44.
A wedding at Jackson United Church (July 1959)
Source: Opal Barnes
Jackson United Church commemorative monument (March 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.1077, W98.21627
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oakland Methodist Church / Oakland United Church / Murray United Church (Oakland, RM of Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Prospect Plains Methodist Cemetery (RM of Portage la Prairie)
“Jackson Church opens Sunday, November 28,” Portage la Prairie Weekly, 17 November 1909, page 1.
Harvest of History: High Bluff and Area by High Bluff History Book Committee, 1998, pages 44-45.
We thank Glen Toews and Opal Barnes for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 March 2026
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