Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River United Church (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This brick church at Cypress River, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, was designed by Winnipeg architect Charles Saunders Bridgman and built between 1920 and 1921. It housed the first Union church in Manitoba, formed in 1913 by the merger of Methodist and Presbyterian congregations.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1921-1925	Rev. Hislop Dickson
1925	George Henry Hambley (1896-1983)
1925-1928	Rev. L. L. Meech
1928-1931	Rev. J. S. Caldwell
1931-1935	Rev. J. T. Wotten
1935-1942	Rev. N. B. McLenaghen
1942-1944	Rev. W. R. Wood
1944-1946	Rev. Frederick J. Roberts
1946-1949	Rev. J. T. Gawthrop
1949-1953	Rev. John Jackson
1953-1954	Robert Harvey (1883-1975)
1954-1955	W. B. Eaton
1955-1956	W. Gordon Shannon
1956-1957	Rev. W. O. Robinson
1957-1958	Rev. H. Gordon Tolton
1958-1962	Rev. Gordon Taylor
1962-1964	Rev. W. B. Ballantyne
1964-1971	Rev. Melvin Wray
1971-1978	Rev. Art Veldhuis
1978-1989	Rev. Robert Campbell

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Cypress River United Church (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0133 Cypress River United Church (June 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of Cypress River United Church (May 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55583, W99.08800 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Pioneers Perseverance & Progress: Cypress River 1885-1985 by Cypress River History Book Committee, 1985, page 83.

R.M. of Victoria: Past & Present, Volume 1 by RM of Victoria History Book Committee, 2002, page 151.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 19 March 2023

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