St. John's Anglican Church (Fox Point, Ont.) sous fonds

Custodial History:

Accrual 2009-183 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University in May 2009.

Start Date:

1899

GMD:

textual record

Geographic Access:

Fox Point (Ont.)

Access Restriction:

May be restrictions on access based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.

Description Level:

Sous Fonds

Name Access:

St. John's Anglican Church (Fox Point, Ont.)

Language:

All material is in English.

End Date:

1997

Date Range:

1899-1997

Repro Restriction:

May be restrictions on use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.

Conservation:

Minor conservation performed on sous fonds.

Physical Description:

0.02 m of textual records

Arrangement:

Sous fonds is arranged in files.

History Biographical:

St. John’s Anglican Church (Fox Point, Ont.) is a church located within the Lake of Bays Anglican Parish. St. John's began as part of the Franklin Mission, which was formed in August 1899.

The mission was under charge of Mr. Harold King, catechist, with Archdeacon Llwyd's supervision from Huntsville. The church was built in 1900 and its first service held on August 19; it was nicknamed “St. John-in-the-Woods”. The Bishop of Algoma consecrated and dedicated St. John's on January 15, 1901.

At first, the church was only accessible by boat. In the 1920's,the parish church of St. Mary in Stafford, England, was working to purchase a boat for the Baysville mission (later Lake of Bays Mission, then Parish). Rev. Richard C. Warder retells his experiences ministering to a mission by water in his book, "Northern Exposure".

Between 1930 and 1931 the church building received a new roof and a fresh coat of paint.

Sources:

"Parish Register", 1899-1943, St. John's Church (Fox Point, Ont.) sous fonds, Algoma University Archives, 2009-183/001(001).
"Around the Lake of Bays", The Algoma Missionary News 27 no. 2 (1931): 4. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_002_003_1931MarApr.
Gary Denniss, "A Brief History of the Churches in Muskoka", 1996, Synod of the Diocese of Algoma fonds, Algoma University Archives, 2009-156_002_009.
Sheila Klyn, “St. Ambrose Anglican Church, Baysville, Ontario”, 1998, St. Ambrose’s Anglican Church (Baysville, Ont.) sous fonds, Algoma University Archives, 2009-216_001_001.

Scope Content:

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at St. John's Anglican Church (Fox Point, Ont.). Includes a parish register and vestry book.

Repository:

aua