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St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitouwaning, Ont.)

St. Paul's Anglican Church Manitowaning

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Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1950
Date Range: 
1950
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of textual records. - 1 booklet.

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Note on front cover: "The oldest Church in the Diocese of Algoma. It was built in the year 1845."

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St. Paul's Church est. 1845

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Start Date: 
1971
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1971
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[after 1971]
Language: 
English
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0.5 cm of textual records. - 1 booklet.

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St. Paul's (Manitowaning, Ont.)

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Eddie Hay, photographer

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Start Date: 
1961
End Date: 
1961
Date Range: 
1961 October
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of object. - 1 printing press plate: metal, 13 x 10.75 cm

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Images is of the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board Plaque

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St. Paul's (Manitowaning, Ont.)

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Start Date: 
1940
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1965
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[1940-1965]
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English
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2.5 cm of object. - 1 printing press plate: wood and copper, 9.5 x 7.25 cm

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St. Paul's (Manitowaning, Ont.)

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Start Date: 
1940
End Date: 
1965
Date Range: 
[1940-1965]
Language: 
English
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2.5 cm of object. - 1 printing press plate: wood and copper, 5 x 7.25 cm

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St. Paul's Church 1845-1965

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Start Date: 
1965
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1965
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1965
Language: 
English
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0.3 cm of textual records.

1 booklet

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History of St. Paul's, Manitouwaning

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Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1950
Date Range: 
June 1950
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0.2 cm of textual records.

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srsc
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027
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001
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Diocesan history of St. Paul's Manitowaning

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Start Date: 
1933
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1982
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1933-1982
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1.5 cm of textual records.

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Items in file originally numbered D.2009.3.1-D.2009.3.20 according to the Heritage Centre's original finding aid. 

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St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitouwaning, Ont.) sous fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1883
End Date: 
1967
Date Range: 
1883-1967
Physical Description: 

.02 m of textual records

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Sous fonds is arranged in files.
History Biographical: 

St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitouwaning, Ont.), the oldest church in the Diocese of Algoma, was originally built in 1845.  Anglican services in the area had begun in 1835 began when Capt. Thomas G. Anderson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, was sent to organize a missionary and educational establishment on Manitoulin Island accompanied by the Rev. Adam Elliot. This “establishment” faced difficult times in its early years, peaking with a fire in 1838 which destroyed most of its buildings.   The Irish-born Rev. Frederick A. O'Meara, a graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, was the incumbent during St. Paul's construction and he remained the priest-in-charge until 1863.   O'Meara translated Scriptures and Liturgy into Ojibway. He also helped an aboriginal man, Peter Jacobs, prepare for the Holy Orders.

O'Meara, quite successful in his proselytizing, applied unsuccessfully for funding to build a church.  The congregation at Manitouwaning went forward anyway, felling and squaring trees, and by 1845 the aboriginal congregation had raised a porch and steeple. With the frame completed, a petition was created and sent to the Rt. Rev. John Strachan, the first Bishop of Toronto, and the man who had confirmed the members of the congregation. The petition convinced the bishop to appeal to the English Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and its grants in combination with subscriptions from individuals in England, allowed for the completion of St. Paul's.   When Bishop Strachan visited Manitouwaning in 1849, he commented that: “The new church, a very neat wooden building stands high, and is the most inspiring object in the village. Though not quite finished it was made fit for Divine service.”

Mr. Jacobs succeeded O'Meara and was in charge of Manitouwaning until his death at the age of thirty-one in 1864.  There remains a marble tablet to commemorate Jacobs on a wall within the church.

The 1862 Manitoulin Treaty opened Manitoulin Island to white settlement and displaced many of the aboriginal people who had been living at Manitouwaning, most of whom would re-settle at Sheguiandah.

When the Rev. Roy Locke arrived in Manitowaning in 1958, the church had fallen into disrepair.  Locke began a restoration fund to remedy the situation. The renovations began within a few years and were completed in time to celebrate the church's 120th anniversary. The renovations included raising the church onto a new concrete foundation, the addition of a full size crypt to allow space for a parish hall, and the purchase and installation of a new furnace. On June 30, 1964 the cornerstone of the new foundation, marking the beginning of the restoration, was laid by the Most Rev. William L. Wright. Archbishop of Algoma.

Sources:

Algoma University, http://archives.algomau.ca/main/sites/default/files/2013-086_001_003_005_1.pdf [accessed 2013 July, 15]

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100028959/1100100028961

Scope Content: 

Sous fonds is comprised of documents recording activities at St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitouwaning, Ont.). Includes an issue of the Manitoulin Expositor on St. Paul's Anglican Church, a newspaper clipping and a minute book of vestry meetings.

Repository: 
aua
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Custodial History: 

Accrual 2010-199 transferred to Algoma University by the Ven. Harry Huskins, Executive Archdeacon.

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.

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Minor conservation performed on sous fonds. 

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St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitowaning, Ont.) sous fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1883
End Date: 
1981
Date Range: 
1883-1981
Physical Description: 

0.12 m of textual records

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

St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitowaning, Ont.) is part of the single-point Great Spirit Island Anglican Parish (Manitoulin Island, Ont.). 

The first Anglican service in the area took place ten years prior to the construction of the church. On June 13, 1835 Captain Anderson accompanied by Rev. Adam Elliot canoed from Penetanguishene to Manitowaning. On Sunday June 21, 1835 Rev. Elliot held the first Anglican service on Manitoulin Island. Following this initial service early missionary work in the area was undertaken by Rev. Charles Brough and Rev. Frederick O'Meara.

St. Paul's was one of the original Indian Mission churches in the Algoma region and was built in 1845 before the Diocese of Algoma formed. The church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. John Strachan, first Bishop of Toronto. St. Paul's was the location of the ordination of the first Indigenous person, Rev. John Jacobs, into priesthood in Algoma.

On August 27, 1961 St. Paul's was designated as an Ontario historic site and a commemorative marker was installed by the Historical Branch of the Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity. In 1961, St. Paul's was the oldest church in the Algoma Diocese. 

By 1964 the church building was in need of an extensive renovation to preserve the building. Rev. Roy Locke began a building restoration fund in 1958 and by 1965 enough money was raised to place the church on a new concrete founding, complete a crypt beneath the church, and install a new furnace. The cornerstone of the new foundation was laid by Archbishop Wright on June 30, 1964 and construction was completed in the summer of 1965.

In the summer of 1968 the congregation installed stained glass windows at the east end of the church. The windows were installed as a thank-offering for the continual service offered at the church. They were designed by Christopher Wallis, an associate member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters.

Incumbents and rectors who have served St. Paul’s include: Rev. Adam Elliott (1835), Rev. Charles C. Brough (1838-1841), Rev. Frederick A. O’Meara (1841-1859), Rev. Peter Jacobs (1859-1864), Rev. Jaboz Waters Sims (1864-1869), Rev. Rolland Hill (1870-1883), Rev. Robertson (1883-1888), Rev. Henry Rollings (1888-1891), Rev. David Abraham Johnston (1893-1894), Rev. Harry Cooper Aylwin (1894-1897), Rev. Arthur John Young (1897-1909), Rev. Richard Haines (1910-1914), Rev. Herman Pelletier (1914-1930), Rev. Edward Harold Rudge (1931-1934), Rev. Edwin Weeks (1934-1947), Rev. Albert E. Carding (1947-1948), Rev. William Henry Trickett (1949), Rev. C.J. Passey (1949-1954), Rev. Peter S. Park (1954-1957), Rev. Roy Locke (1958-1965), Rev. Tony Koning (1966-1970), Rev. Gilmour Beattie (1971-1976), Rev. Kenneth Ostler (1976-1978), Rev. Jerry Smith (1978-1983), Rev. Robert Cross (1984-?).

Sources:

  • Colloton, F.W. The Church in Algoma, A Souvenir of the Diocesan Jubilee, 1923, p. 66. Part of 2009-081/001 (013)
  • "Oldest Church In Diocese Now Ontario Historic Site", The Algoma Anglican 5, no. 9 (1961): 1.
  • "Oldest Church in Diocese Faces Crisis", The Algoma Anglican 8, no. 3 (1964): 1.
  • "A Landmark On The Hill -- Oldest Church in Diocese", The Algoma Anglican 9, no. 5 (1965): 4A. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_003_005.
  • "Recall Early History Manitoulin Church", The Algoma Anglican 9, no. 5 (1965): 3. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_004_008.
  • "Windows Symbolize Purpose, History, Oldest Church", The Algoma Anglican 12, no. 8 (1968): 4. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_004_019.
  • “A History of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Manitowaning: 150 Years”, 1985, Diocesan Heritage Centre Parish History collection, Algoma University Archives.

 

Scope Content: 

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting activities at and the functions of St. Paul's Anglican Church (Manitowaning, Ont.).  Includes parish registers, vestry books, W.A. and A.C.W. minutes and other materials.

Repository: 
aua
Admin
Custodial History: 

Accrual 2009-072 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University in May 2009.

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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Geographic Access: