This Presbyterian church was erected in 1906 on the southeast quarter of 3-5-17 west of the Principal Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes. The 30 Gaelic-speaking families who built it came from the Isles of Lewis and Harris in 1888, sailing aboard the ships Corean and Buenos Ayrean to Montreal and coming by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Killarney. They homesteaded in the Bellafield and Hilton districts. A commemorative plaque beside this municipally designated heritage site (1991) was dedicated on 17 July 1988.
Know Bellafield Presbyterian Church (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Know Bellafield Presbyterian Church (August 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Know Bellafield Presbyterian Church (August 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Know Bellafield Presbyterian Church (September 2021)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35709, W99.67603
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Knox Bellafield Presbyterian Church, SE 3-5-17 WPM, Ninette area, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 January 2022
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