The Anglican Church of the Redeemer (Thessalon, Ont.) is part of the Anglican Parish of Bruce Mines, Thessalon, and Desbarats and is located between Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and Iron Bridge, Ont. along the north shore of Lake Huron.
The land for the first Anglican Church in Thessalon was purchased on October 16, 1890 on the north side of Algoma Street and a small church was constructed shortly afterward. The lumber for the church was provided by Nathaniel Dyment, the 'founder' of Thessalon. Members of the first church included the following names: Keetch, Shaw, Fleron, Beadle, Case, Kennedy, Simpson, Piper, McCourt, McBain, Wigg, Hagan, Tesky, Pulford, Richardson, Bridge, Nichol, and Cullis. In 1912 a new property for the Anglican Church of the Redeemer was purchased on the corner of Main Street and Park Street in Thessalon.
Following this purchase Rev. John Tate, who was also an architect and stone mason, supervised the development of the new church site. The old church was incorporated into the new building. The Chancel was separated from the main body of the church and the new transepts and clere-story were placed between the two parts of the old church and then placed on a new basement. The smaller windows and one three section window in the north transept are all windows incorporated from the old building. The one new church was consecrated on September 3, 1929.
By January of 1945, the parishes of Bruce Mines (Bruce, Desbarats, and Mount Zion) and Thessalon were joined into one.
During the period of September 1953 to January 1960, under the leadership of Rev. Ben Cooper the church 
which was in badly need of repairs was completely renovated. Members of the congregation built and renovated the altar, canopy, credence table, altar rail, pulpit, and other interior features.
The Women's Auxiliary, Junior Auxiliary, and Girls Auxiliary flourished at the Church of the Redeemer (Thessalon, Ont.) for many years. The Girl's Guild formed in the 1930s and was known locally as the 'Gossiping Girl's Guild'. The Guild guild later became the Altar Guild and amalgamated with the Women's Auxiliary.
In 1986 the church received a grant under the Ontario Heritage Foundation to undertake building repairs including replacing asphalt roofing with historically accurate cedar shingles, brickwork repair, restoration of the steeple, and installation of new insulation.
The incumbents of the Church of the Redeemer (Thessalon, Ont.) include: Percy G.H. Robinson (1889 June - 1890 November), William B. Magnan (1892-1893), William M.R. Seaborn (1893-1900), Arthur H. Wurtele (1900-1904), Charles E. Bishop (1903-1905), Leopold D. Griffith (1906-1908), Percy W.P. Calhoun (1908-1911), John Tate (1911-1929), James A. Osborne (1929-1930), Alfred P. Banks (1930-1934), Edward H. Rudge (1934-1935), John C. Popey (1935-1943), Roy F. Webb (1943-1948), John V. Temple (1948-1949), Robert B. Wright (1949-1951), George S. Honour (1951-1953), Benjamin J. Cooper (1953-1960), Norman Hornby (1960-1972), Charles A.V. Hornett (1973-1984), Rev. Larry Winslow (1984-?), Glenn Miller, (1992-2001) Margaret Rogers (2001-2007), Cannon Robert Elkin (2007-2009), Rev. Roberta Wilson-Garrett (2009-2020).
Layreaders of the Church of the Redeemer (Thessalon, Ont.) include: Edward Hawke (1903), W.E. Philips (1906), J.L.S. Wright (1907).
Sources:
- J.E. MacDonald, This Point Of Land, centennial edition, (Iron Bridge: Town of Thessalon, 1992), 151-163.
- The Church of the Redeemer, http://images.ourontario.ca/NorthofHuron/79379/data [accessed 2015 July 8]
- "St. George's Church", The Algoma Missionary News 76, no. 3 (1950): 8-9. Algoma University Archives, 2009-081_002_005_1950Summer.
- "A Short History of the Church of the Redeemer Thessalon, Ontario", 1973, Synod of the Diocese of Algoma fonds, Algoma University Archives, 2013-067_001_003.
- "Distinctive landmark for 61 years", The Algoma Anglican 17, no. 9 (1973): 3. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_009_009.
- Margi Turner, "100-year-old Church is feeling its age", The Algoma Anglican 33, no. 1 (1986): 1,4. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_014_010.
- Margi Turner, "Church reconstruction has begun at Thessalon," The Algoma Anglican 33, no. 9 (1986): 1. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_014_002.
