| Country Churchyards |
| Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island |
| Boyde Beck |
There are close to 300 churches that survive on Prince Edward
Island and over 200 can be described as "historic" - generally
built before 1900. This booklet showcases forty-five churches
located across the Island - from East Point to Tignish. All of
the churches chosen were built before 1900, are still in use as
a house of worship and are in the country (located outside
Charlottetown or Summerside).
Written in English and French, this booklet contains brief
histories and illustrations of the churches and churchyards and
is peppered with quotations about early religion on Prince
Edward Island.
Island and over 200 can be described as "historic" - generally
built before 1900. This booklet showcases forty-five churches
located across the Island - from East Point to Tignish. All of
the churches chosen were built before 1900, are still in use as
a house of worship and are in the country (located outside
Charlottetown or Summerside).
Written in English and French, this booklet contains brief
histories and illustrations of the churches and churchyards and
is peppered with quotations about early religion on Prince
Edward Island.
"There was a time, not too long ago, when a rural community on Prince Edward Island was defined by three buildings: the schoolhouse, the general church and the church." - Boyde Beck, Country Churchyards |
| Cover: Free Church of Scotland Church and Cemetery (1808), Bangor, Prince Edward Island. |
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| "One day in late winter a man from Primrose, Alec Red John MacDonald was selling a horse to Father John MacMillan. 'Is this horse true?' Father MacMillan asked. 'Will it pull my sleight?' 'Aye it will,' the dealer replied. 'This horse would pull the devil himself.' A short time later, on a mild sunny day, Father MacMillan and a good fried, Rev. Daniel MacVicar, a Presbyterian ministers, went for a sleigh ride with the newly-acquired horse. They came upon a bridge whose planks were worn, causing the sleight to drag on the spikes and making a loud grating noise. This terrified the horse. It balked and refused to carry on. Neither the priest nor the minister would entice the horse to cross the bridge. Just then Alec Red John walked by. Father MacMillan called out to him, 'This horse won't even pull us across the bridge and you said he would pull the devil himself.' 'Aye, that I did,' admitted Alec. 'But I didn't say he would pull two devils.' " - Country Churchyards (Abstracted from "The Way it Was. A Brief History of the Boughton River Area", 1981.) |
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| Rural Churches Showcased in the Booklet: Prince County United Church, Tryon United Church, Union Corner St. John's Anglican, Ellerslie Christchurch Anglican, Kildare Capes St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic, Miscouche Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic, Brae Gordon Memorial United Church, Alberton At. Anthony's Roman Catholic, Bloomfield Presbyterian and United Churches, Port Hill St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Indian River Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic, Palmers Road St. Mark's Roman Catholic, Burton Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Roman Catholic, Mont Carmel United Church, Campbellton St. Ann's Roman Catholic, Lennox Island St. Patrick's Roman Catholic, Grand River Princetown United Church, Malpeque St. Simon and St. Jude Roman Catholic, Tignish Queens County St. Elizabeth's Anglican, Springfield New Glasgow Presbyterian, New Glasgow United Church, Victoria St. Augustine's Roman Catholic, Rustico St. Bonnaventure's Roman Catholic, Tracadie Cross St. James' United Church, Covehead St. John's Anglican, Crapaud St. Martin's Roman Catholic, Cumberland St. Joachim's Roman Catholic, Vernon River Christchurch Anglican, Cherry Valley St. Patrick's Roman Catholic, Fort Augustus St. John's Presbyterian, Belfast Crossroads Christian, Stratford Free Church, Desable St. John's Anglican, Milton |
Kings County Holy Trinity Anglican, Georgetown United Baptist Church, East Point United Church, Little Sands St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Souris All Saints' Roman Catholic and St. Andrews Presbyterian, Cardigan St. Peter's Roman Catholic, St. Peters Bay St. Paul's Roman Catholic, Sturgeon St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic, St. Charles Free Church, Caledonia Free Church, Bangor |
| Postcards New Glasgow Presbyterian, New Glasgow St. Martin's Roman Catholic, Cumberland Holy Trinity Anglican, Georgetown St. John the Babtist Roman Catholic, Miscouche Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic, Palmers Road United Church, Victoria |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Boyde Beck |
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