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Lake of Bays Anglican Parish (Dorset, Ont.) fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1878
End Date: 
1998
Date Range: 
1878-1998
Physical Description: 

0.28 m of textual record

Arrangement: 
Fonds is arranged in seven sous fonds.
History Biographical: 

The Lake of Bays Anglican Parish is a family of four country churches around the shore of the Lake of Bays in Muskoka. The Lake of Bays Mission officially formed in 1955. 

Two of the parish's four active churches are open year-round St. Ambrose in Baysville and St. Mary Magdalene in Dorset. St. James in Port Cunnington and St. John's in Fox Point are open in the summer (July and August).

Incumbents have included: Rev. Canon A.W. Hazlehurst (1895-1927), Rev. R.C. Warder (1927-1934), Rev. W. Ruthford Tindle (1934-1938), Rev. Canon Banks (1938-1940), S.S.J.E. Cowley Fathers (1940-1955), Rev. Roy H. Nixon (1955-1959), Rev. Tom James (1959-1963), Rev. Francom (1963-1967), Rev. Robert Lumley (1967-1973), Rev. Jonathan Patrick Earle (1973-1975), Rev. Murray Bradford (1975-1983), Rev. Ray Porth (1983-1989), Rev. Michael Cottrell (1989-1993), Rev. Thomas Cunningham (1994-?).

Sources:

  • “Priests Who Have Served Lake of Bays Anglican Parish Including Baysville, Dorset, Port Cunnington (Fox Point)”, [1997], Diocesan Centre history files collection, Algoma University Archives, 2014-037_001_001.
  • 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.
Scope Content: 

Fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at Lake of Bays Anglican Parish, specifically Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Newholm, Ont.),  St. Ambrose's Anglican Church (Baysville, Ont.), St. James' Anglican Church (Port Cunnington, Ont.), St. John's Anglican Church (Fox Point, Ont.), St. Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church (Dorset, Ont.), St. Mary's Anglican Church (Norway Point, Ont.), and St. Peter's Anglican Church (Stoneleigh, Ont.). Includes parish registers, vestry books, service registers and other materials.

Repository: 
aua
Admin
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.

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.

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