Rural Muskoka Trinity Anglican Parish fonds

Start Date: 
1873
GMD: 
Geographic Access: 
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: 
Name Access: 
Language: 
End Date: 
1982
Date Range: 
1873-1982
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 fonds.

Physical Description: 

0.18 m of textual records

Arrangement: 
Fonds is arranged in three sous fonds.
Scope Content: 

Fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at Rural Muskoka Anglican Parish, specifically at Christ Anglican Church (Port Sydney, Ont.), St. George's Anglican Church (Falkenburg, Ont.), and St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont.).  Includes parish registers, vestry records, vestry books, vestry minutes, church minutes, receipt book, financial records, and service registers.

Repository: 
aua

Christ Anglican Church (Port Sydney, Ont.) sous fonds

Custodial History: 

Accrual 2009-112 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University in May 2009 by Ken Hernden and Robin Isard.

Start Date: 
1873
Geographic Access: 
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: 
End Date: 
1982
Date Range: 
1873-1982
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: 

0.08 m of textual records

Arrangement: 
Sous fonds is arranged in files.
History Biographical: 

Christ Church Anglican was built on a site on Mary's Lake at the mouth of the Muskoka River on an acre of land donated by Sydney Smith. Pine cut from islands in the lake was sawn in Mr. Smith's mill and hand-planed by the congregation to create what has been called the "Mother Church" of northern Muskoka; All Saints' Anglican Church (Huntsville, Ont.) for example became a separate mission in 1883.  Christ Church is the oldest Anglican Church building in the Muskoka district.

Rev. Edwin Cooper was appointed as missionary at Port Sydney in charge of the surrounding country including Huntsville in 1873. The building of the church began that same year. The first event in the church was the marriage of of William Clarke to Emma Ladell in 1873.   The church was consecrated on March 6, 1881 by Bishop F.D. Fauquier.  In 1894, Rt. Rev. Edward Sullivan consecrated the land around and up to the water's edge at Christ Church as a churchyard and hallowed place.  In 1923 the chapel was added and in 1933 the Lych gate was created and dedicated to Mr. Smith's memory. Many of the village's settlers and descendants are buried in the churchyard.

In 1963, Christ Church Anglican (Port Sydney, Ont.) celebrated its 90th anniversary.  At that time the church was the oldest in Muskoka and one of the oldest in Algoma Diocese still being used for regular service. To mark the anniversary a window was dedicated in memory of Canon E.F. Pinnington, who served Christ Church longer than any other incumbent.

Incumbents: Rev. Edwin Cooper, Rev. William Crompton, Rev. E. Robert Clarke, Rev. Cannon E.F. Pinnington (1926-1936, 1950-1963), Rev. Cannon Cyril, Rev. Cannon E. Ray Nornabell.

Source:

  • "Ninetieth Anniversary Held At Port Sydney", The Algoma Anglican 7, no. 10 (1963): 1.
  • "Church months older than diocese", The Algoma Anglican 17, no. 9 (1973): 5. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_009_009.
Scope Content: 

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at Christ Anglican Church (Port Sydney, Ont.). Includes parish registers, vestry records, and vestry minutes.

Repository: 
aua

Parish Register

Start Date: 
1873
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1898
Date Range: 
1873-1898
Physical Description: 

2 cm of textual records

Notes: 

Baptisms, 1873-1898; Marriages, 1873-1898, Burials, 1873-1898

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Parish Register

Start Date: 
1898
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1926
Date Range: 
1898-1926
Physical Description: 

2.2 cm of textual records

Notes: 

Baptisms, 1898-1925; Marriages, 1899-1925; Burials, 1898-1926

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Minute Book

Start Date: 
1936
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1968
Date Range: 
1936-1968
Physical Description: 

.8 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Book

Start Date: 
1944
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
1944-1956
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Book

Start Date: 
1956
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1967
Date Range: 
1956-1967
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Book

Start Date: 
1967
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1982
Date Range: 
1967-1982
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-112-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

St. George's Anglican Church (Falkenburg, Ont.) sous fonds

Custodial History: 

Accruals 2009-136 and 2010-159 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University in May 2009 by Ken Hernden and Robin Isard

Start Date: 
1888
Geographic Access: 
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: 
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1888-1990
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: 

0.06 m of textual records

Arrangement: 
Sous fonds is arranged in files.
History Biographical: 

St. George's Anglican Church (Falkenburg, Ont.) is a church in the Rural Muskoka Anglican Parish. St. George was one of the congregations ministered by the Society of St. John the Evangelist.

The first St. George's Anglican Church was built about 1875 at The Junction, a mile north of the church's present location. When the Grand Trunk Railway was built past Falkenburg in 1885, the church was moved to its present location and the centre of the settlement. In 1900, some material from an old log church in Bardsville was repurposed to build St. George's Chancel and Vestry. A Hall was built in 1924 and sold in 1957 because of disuse and the need for repairs 

On October 25,1966 a new basement hall at St. George's was dedicated by the Archbishop.  The basement was constructed under the full dimensions of the church and vestry.  In addition to a large hall space a kitchen and furnace room were included in the basement.

St. George's celebrated the centennial of Anglican Church services in the township of Macaulay on February 6, 1972.

Until 1903, services were mostly held by the incumbents of Bracebridge, Ont, with Canon A.H. Allman of Gravenhurst, Ont, and Rev. A.W. Hazelhurst of Baysville filling in for some services. Priests began having charge of Falkenburg and St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont) in 1902. 

Incumbents have included: Rev. C.J. Machin (1902-1906?), Rev. Joseph Waring (1906-1913), Rev. John Elliott Graham (1913-1916), Rev. Edward G. Heaven (1916-1918), Rev. Ralph Trego Sadler (1920-1928), and members of the S.S.J.E and students (1928). 

Sources:

  • "Basement Dedicated", The Algoma Anglican 10, no. 11 (1966): 4. Algoma University Archives, 2010-086_001_003_021.
  • "Centenary Observed", The Algoma Anglican 16, no. 3 (1972): 1. Algoma University Archives, 2010-086_001_008_003.
  • "Saint George's Church, Falkenburg", (after 1958). Diocesan Heritage Centre history files collection, Algoma University Archives, part of 2013-086_001_010.
Scope Content: 

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at St. George's Anglican Church (Falkenburg, Ont.). Includes service registers, vestry book, receipt book, church minutes, and other material.

Repository: 
aua

Basement Appeal

Start Date: 
1966
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1968
Date Range: 
1966-1968
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-136-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Records

Start Date: 
1888
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1907
Date Range: 
1888-1907
Physical Description: 

1.3 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-136-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Register

Start Date: 
1915
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1964
Date Range: 
1915-1964
Physical Description: 

1.3 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-136-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Register

Start Date: 
1965
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1965-1980
Physical Description: 

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-136-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Minutes

Start Date: 
1905
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1928
Date Range: 
1905-1928
Physical Description: 

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-136-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Register

Start Date: 
1902
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1915
Date Range: 
1902-1915
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2010-159-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont.) sous fonds

Custodial History: 

Accrual 2009-244 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University by Ken Hernden and Robin Isard in May 2009.

Start Date: 
1878
Geographic Access: 
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: 
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1878-1980
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: 

0.04 m of textual records

Arrangement: 
Sous fonds is arranged chronologically by record type.
History Biographical: 

St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont.) is one of three churches within the Rural Muskoka Anglican Parish.

St. Mary's was built in August 1914 and consecrated three years later on October 14, 1917 by the Archbishop Thorneloe. The East Window depicts Christ as the shepherd, St. Peter, and St. John, and is in memory of Daniel Hamilton.  

Services were held similarly to those at St. George's (Falkenburg, Ont.), by the incumbents of Bracebridge, Ont, with Canon A.H. Allman of Gravenhurst, Ont, and Rev. A.W. Hazelhurst of Baysville filling in for some services. Priests began having charge of Falkenburg and St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont) in 1902, mostly living in Falkenburg, Ont. 

Incumbents have included: Rev. C.J. Machin (1902-1906?), Rev. Joseph Waring (1906-1913), Rev. John Elliott Graham (1913-1916), Rev. Edward G. Heaven (1916-1918), Rev. Ralph Trego Sadler (1920-1928), and members of the S.S.J.E and students (1928).

Sources:

  • "Saint George's Church, Falkenburg", (after 1958). Diocesan Heritage Centre history files collection, Algoma University Archives, part of 2013-078_001_010.
Scope Content: 

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at St. Mary's Anglican Church (Beatrice, Ont.). Includes financial records and service registers. 

Repository: 
aua

Service Register and Financial Records

Start Date: 
1878
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1917
Date Range: 
1878-1917
Physical Description: 

1.5 cm of textual records

Notes: 

Service Register, 1878-1915|Financail Records, 1878-1917

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-244-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Register

Start Date: 
1915
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1966
Date Range: 
1915-1966
Physical Description: 

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-244-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Service Register

Start Date: 
1967
Description Level: 
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1967-1980
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc: 
2009-244-001
Repository: 
Algoma University
Container Number: 
001

Vestry Book

Start Date: 
1980
Description Level: 
End Date: 
2017
Date Range: 
1980 September 28 - 2010 April 2, 2017 April 30
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

1.6 cm of textual records.

rec_shelfloc: 
2018-051-001
Repository: 
Algoma University Archive
Container Number: 
001

Parish register; baptism, confirmation, marriages, burials

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Standard No: 
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Master scans folder location: 
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
1982
Description Level: 
End Date: 
2010
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
1982 June 19 - 2010
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

3.5 cm of textual records.

Notes: 

Baptisms (1992-2008), confirmations (1982-1991), marriages (1982-2010), burials (1999-2007).

rec_shelfloc: 
2018-051-001
Repository: 
Algoma University Archive
Container Number: 
001
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Guest book

Publication: 
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Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
1997
Description Level: 
End Date: 
2017
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
1997 October - 2010 April 2, 2017 April 30
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

2 cm of textual records. 

rec_shelfloc: 
2018-051-001
Repository: 
Algoma University Archive
Container Number: 
001
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: