Historic Sites of Manitoba: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wampum, RM of Piney)

The Salem Lutheran Church, situated at Wampum in the Rural Municipality of Piney, commemorated its 100th anniversary in 2010. An associated cemetery is situated about one kilometre north of the church at a wooded site.

The congregation at the Wampum schoolhouse

The congregation at the Wampum schoolhouse (no date)
Source: Mel Parent

Building the Wampum Lutheran Church, with Casper Rudd in charge

Building the Wampum Lutheran Church, with Casper Rudd in charge (no date)
Source: Mel Parent

A group of parishioners at Wampum Lutheran Church. Left to right: unknown, Gustav Nordvall, Julius Lee, Gina Lee, Fred Spence, Emma Hanson

A group of parishioners at Wampum Lutheran Church. Left to right: unknown, Gustav Nordvall, Julius Lee, Gina Lee, Fred Spence, Emma Hanson (1941)
Source: Mel Parent

Salem Lutheran Church

Salem Lutheran Church (May 2013)
Source: Bruno Winterer

Salem Lutheran Church

Salem Lutheran Church (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04550, W95.83343
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Wampum, RM of Piney)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Bruno Winterer, George Penner, and Mel Parent.

Page revised: 21 July 2020

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