FIRST Minister to Preach at Beaverdams - Rev. Egerton Ryerson
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N 43° 06.309 W 079° 13.104
17T E 644968 N 4774032
An Ontario Provincial Plaque at Beaverdams Church celebrates the first person to preach in the newly constructed church.
Waymark Code: WMBMPX
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/03/2011
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Plaque Text
Early in the 1790's a group of settlers in this area had been converted to Methodism and formed a Class which, in 1795, was included in the newly-established Niagara Circuit. Services were held in the home of a prominent local settler, Israel Swayze, and camp meetings took place on his property. This church, one of the oldest remaining Methodist chapels in the province, was built in 1832. The Reverend Egerton Ryerson, who later was principally responsible for the founding of this province's educational system, was the first minister to preach in the chapel. The building was renovated extensively in 1879 but regular services were discontinued about 1890.
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