St. James The Apostle Anglican Church, Manotick, Ontario - Anglican and Episcopal Churches on Waymarking.com

From their web site:
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church has been in the village since its early days. In 1873 the Reverend Anthony O’Loughlin, Priest of the Parish of North Gower in the Diocese of Ontario, was meeting with his “unshepherded flock from the north” on Sunday afternoons in the First Line schoolhouse four miles north of Kars. On 31 July 1875 Moss Kent Dickinson conveyed a lot on the north side of Bridge Street to the Diocese. The new congregation held its first Vestry meeting on 8 May 1876, and a building committee (which included Mr. Dickinson) was immediately struck. No time was wasted; following a second Vestry meeting on 16 May, architectural plans for the new church were drawn up. Tenders closed on 27 June, and a bid of $1,047 was accepted from William Beaman, the son of one of the first three lumbermen in North Gower Township. The contractor received his final payment in 1877, at which time there appears to have been no outstanding debt for the new parish church of Saint James the Apostle.


old Saint_James Church
On 22 February 1877 the Ottawa Free Press stated that “The new Anglican Church in Manotick was opened for public worship on Sunday last. The edifice is beautifully situated near the village, of gothic style, with open roof, chancel, vestry and porch, painted without and oiled and varnished within, and contains about 200 sittings. It is an ornament to that romantic little village, and a credit to the builders, and the incumbent, the Rev. Mr. O’Loughlin.”

Changes and developments continued over the years. The first organ was acquired in 1879, and the choir was established in 1886. In that year as well the Parish of North Gower was divided, and the new three-point parish of Manotick came into being.

Active Church: Yes School on property: No Date Built: 02/22/1877 Service Times: 8:15 Website: [Web Link]

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