One of the earliest settlers in the Bar River area was John Evoy. Although a lay preacher of the Methodist church he labored for many years as Sunday...Read more »
Situated 11 miles north of Iron Bridge, this church was built by pioneers who came north by crossing Basswood Lake and the Mississagi River by...Read more »
With the discovery of copper in Bruce Mines in 1846 a number of people came from Cornwall, England to work in the mines. Many of these were Wesleyan...Read more »
The Central United Church congregation worships in a heritage building in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, three blocks from the busiest shipping channel...Read more »
Rev. G.W. Hewitt came to the Bruce Mines Methodist charge in July 1894 and became minister of the Cloudslee Methodist Church also when it opened on...Read more »
Desbarats United Church was built in 1898 by a Presbyterian congregation. The land was donated by Mr. L.O. Armstrong of the Dusset Mining Company,...Read more »
Worship and Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. (Spring and Summer); 10:30 a.m. (Fall and Winter)The original building was erected in 1896 as a place of...Read more »
During the years of the First World War union churches were organized in many parts of Algoma. Thus, in 1917 we find a Union Church being organized...Read more »
In 1950 the United Church launched an extension campaign; Emmanuel was the first church built in Algoma Presbytery under this program. The...Read more »
In 1933 the Home Missions Board of the United Church received a request for a minister to serve the people of the wilderness area around Michipicoten...Read more »
The first settlers of the Goulais River area met for church services in the first log schoolhouse built on a hillside near St. James’ Anglican...Read more »
The St. Joseph Island Pastoral Charge had its beginning over 100 years ago when several committed persons of the Methodist and Presbyterian faiths...Read more »
The St. Joseph Island Pastoral Charge had its beginning over 100 years ago when several committed persons of the Methodist and Presbyterian faiths...Read more »
The Iron Bridge United Church is located on Highway 17 on the west side of the Mississagi River.The first church, Methodist, was built in 1892 but...Read more »
In 1901 Sault Ste. Marie was a flourishing town of 6,323 people, already predicting our city of 80,000. In the east end of town there were mew three-...Read more »
The first church services at Little Rapids were held in the homes of the pioneers, in the gristmill, and in the school. Although a large percentage...Read more »
In a small valley surrounded by tree-clad hills nestles a small white church which serves the people of the former Dunn’s Valley, Poplar Dale,...Read more »
The Rydal Bank Pastoral Charge has a long history filled with many changes and times of realignment. At present there are four church buildings...Read more »
St. Andrew’s United Church, worshipping in the oldest Protestant church building in Blind River, has an interesting history. In the late 1800...Read more »
Sunday worship all year at 10:30 a.m. with children's program.In 1866 Donald McKerracher, a young divinity student from Queen’s University...Read more »
On October 27, 1957, a group of United Church worshippers gathered in this new and remote mining community and were constituted a congregation of The...Read more »
Sunday worship all year at 10:30 am, with children's program.Our Mission StatementWillowgrove United Church welcomes all to be a part of a caring...Read more »
Methodists were the first Protestants to build a church in Thessalon. It was a small building, in keeping with the number of people in the...Read more »
