Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Margaret’s Anglican Church / St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (RM of Portage la Prairie)

This former church building in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie was originally the St. Margaret's Anglican Church at High Bluff. Believed to have been built in the late 1850s, it was moved here in 1954 and used for a time as St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. By 1965, church services were no longer being held here and, the following year, the building and land were sold to a local farmer. He used it as a granary. The building was long abandoned at the time of a 2010 site visit.

The former St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building (circa 1985) Source: George Eves The former St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building (2016) Source: Desiree Rolfe The former St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building (July 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Interior of the former St. Margaret’s Anglican Church building (2016) Source: Desiree Rolfe Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84270, W98.14235 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Kelvin, St. Matthew,” Anglican Church of Canada Diocese, Manitoba Archival Information Network.

We thank Desiree Rolfe and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Eves.

Page revised: 9 January 2021

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