Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Anglican Church (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

A stone cairn in the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain, erected in 1970, commemorates the pioneers of the Tisdale district who were parishioners of St. John’s Anglican Church built at this site in 1903. The last service was held in the church on 15 September 1963. The building was sold in 1964 and moved away in 1969.

St. John’s Anglican Church

St. John’s Anglican Church (no date)
Source: Reflections: 1882-1982, A Community History of the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and the Town of Killarney by J. A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons, 1982

St. John’s Anglican Church commemorative monument

St. John’s Anglican Church commemorative monument (June 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.28143, W99.58497
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Reflections: 1882-1982, A Community History of the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and the Town of Killarney by J. A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons, 1982, pages 92-93.

We thank Ken Storie for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 April 2020

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