Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minto Presbyterian Church / Minto United Church (South Railway Street, Minto, Municipality of Grassland)

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This church building in Minto, in the Municipality of Grassland, was constructed in 1903 by contractor John Beaten for a Presbyterian congregation, at a cost of $4,014. Its location was at the corner of Church Street and Railway Avenue, on the north side of the Canadian National Railway track. In 1925, the Presbyterians and Methodists united to form the Minto United Church, and church services were consolidated in this building. Renovations in 1959 entailed the removal of crumbling brick veneer, repairs to the foundation, and removal of the steeple tower. In 1984, further foundation problems motivated the moving of the building to the present site, south of the railway track, onto a new concrete foundation.

Clerics (Minto Presbyterian)

Period	Cleric
1903	Rev. A. McKenzie
1904-1907	Rev. P. Fleming
1908	Rev. R. McKnight
1909-1913	Rev. L. A. McRae
1914	Rev. R. Murchie
1915-1917	Rev. R. M. Hanna
1918-1922	Rev. W. M. Chalmers
1922-1924	Rev. John Hart

Clerics (Minto United)

Period	Cleric
1925-1928	Rev. W. T. Hamilton
1929-1932	Rev. J. Hellyar
1932-1937	Rev. J. M. Wilson
1937-1945	Rev. J. B. Francis
1945-1946	Harvey Willis Ferrier (1873-1957)
1946-1947	Rev. T. V. Rutherford
1947-1951	Rev. E. Armistead
1951	Rev. G. Barber
1951-1955	Rev. H. Gibson
1955-1956	Rev. R. J. Parsons
1956-1957	Rev. W. E. Senior
1957-1959	Robert Harvey (1883-1975)
1959-1961	Rev. W. Brown
1961-1964	Rev. W. E. Grant
1964-1966	Rev. James Hume
1966-1968	Rev. Doug Cossar
1968-1972	Rev. Ken Bauman
1972-1976	Rev. H. J. Harland
1976-1979	Rev. Ed Bennett
1979-1982	Rev. Robert Johannson
1982-1983	Rev. Cathy Laing
1983-1985	Rev. Gordon Rajotte
1985-1988	Rev. Brenda Kersell
1988-1989	Rev. Steve Cassidy
1989-1997	Rev. Ralph Clark
1997-?	Rev. Harvey Hurren

Photos & Coordinates

Minto United Church with the Minto War Memorial in foreground (August 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40711, W100.02446 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Minto - People of Pride: 1881-1998 by Minto History Book Committee, 1998, pages 34, 37-38.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 May 2023

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