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Webbwood Anglican Mission

Webbwood Anglican Mission fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1896
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1896-1955
Physical Description: 

.025 m of textual records

Arrangement: 
Fonds is arranged in files.
History Biographical: 

The Webbwood Mission was first part of the mission in Cooke's Mills, which was a small settlement in what is now Welland Ontario. The Webbwood Mission separated from Cooke's Mills in 1896 and included stations at the following locations: Whitefish Falls, Nairn Centre, Webbwood, Massey, Sagamok First Nation (Spanish River Reserve), and Walford. 

The first clergyman was Rev. S.H. Morgan, a student, who made regular visits to these six stations within the mission. He conducted the first service on January 3, 1896. At Webbwood, they used a schoolhouse for services until December 1896, when they began using a local Methodist church. This arrangement was short lived and the Anglican church was built between November and December with their first service in the new building on December 25, 1896. The church was dedicated St. John's by the Bishop of Algoma on April 2, 1897. A parsonage was built almost ten years later in 1906, when the Webbwood Mission was divided and Massey, Walford, and Sagamok First Nation (Spanish River) formed the new Massey Mission.

Meanwhile the Anglican presence at Whitefish Falls had been on the decline since 1890 when the trade companies withdrew, and when the mission was re-activated around 1916, it was administered to by the rector at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Little Current, Ont.) rather than Webbwood. This would leave the church at Nairn Centre, which was also built around 1896, and Webbwood as making up the Webbwood Mission in 1916.

This mission ended in 1924 when the Rainbow Country Anglican Parish was established with St. George the Martyr Anglican Church (Espanola, Ont.) at its centre.

Sources:

  • "Short History of Webbwood", in Service Register, 1896-1903, Webbwood Mission fonds, Algoma University Archives, 2009-145/001(001).
  • "Webbwood Mission", The Algoma Missionary News 11, no. 8 (1899): 8. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_001_005_1899Aug.
  • "Notes", The Algoma Missionary News 3, no. 6 (1906): 6. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_001_007_1906June.
  • "From the Parish Register of St. John's Parish, Webbwood", (1907), Diocesan Heritage Centre History files collection, Algoma University Archives, 2013-078/010(002). 
  • "Whitefish Mission", The Algoma Missionary News 12, no. 11 (1916): 6. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_001_009_1916Nov.
  • "A New Parish", The Algoma Missionary News 20, no. 2 (1924): 14. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_001_013_1924Feb.
Scope Content: 

Fonds is comprised of records documenting the activities at Webbwood Anglican Mission. Includes service register and register of marriages. 

Repository: 
aua
Admin
Custodial History: 

Accrual 2009-145 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University in May 2009 by Ken Hernden and Robin Isard. 

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. 

Geographic Access: 
Description Level: 

Register of Marriages

Description
Start Date: 
1896
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1896-1955
Physical Description: 

1.5 cm of textual records

Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
File No: 
002
Shelf Location: 
2009-145-001
Container Number: 
001
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Description Level: 

Service Register

Description
Start Date: 
1896
End Date: 
1903
Date Range: 
1896-1903
Physical Description: 

1 cm of textual records

Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
File No: 
001
Shelf Location: 
2009-145-001
Container Number: 
001
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Description Level: