Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chain Lakes Quaker Meeting House / Dand United Church (Dand, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Built in 1899 as a Meeting House for adherents of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), at the site of the Chain Lakes Cemetery, the congregation united in 1925 with one at Lauder to establish the Dand Union Church, later becoming Dand United Church. in 1949 the building was moved to Dand in what is now the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester. Closed in 2005, the building was moved in August 2020 to a site near to its original one on the shore of Chain Lakes (about N49.36403, W100.49483).

Clerics

Period	Cleric
Before 1949	See Chain Lakes Cemetery
1949-1950	Rev. A. Lockham
1950-1952	Rev. R. D. Thompson
1952-1958	Rev. R. E. Clark
1958-1960	Rev. Carol Palmer
1960-1965	Mr. Leslie Jameson
1965-1968	Rev. Kim S. Warne
1968-1972	Rev. James A. “Jim” Uhrich
1972-1979	Rev. Donald W. R. “Don” McLeod
1979-1982	Rev. I. Marguerite Miller
1983	David Ewart
1984-1988	Barbara Isabelle Cook (1930-2017)
1988-1991	Gwen Nicol-MacDonald
1991-1992	Alice and Bill Hogman
1992-1996	Alan Armstrong
1996-?	Beth McLean
?-2005	?

Photos & Coordinates

Dand United Church, formerly a Quaker church at Chain Lakes (September 2013) Source: Ken Storie Interior of the former Dand United Church (August 2020) Source: Grant Cassils The former Dand United Church in preparation for being moved (August 2020) Source: Grant Cassils The former Dand United Church being moved (August 2020) Source: Grant Cassils The former Dand United Church at its present site (August 2020) Source: Grant Cassils The former Dand United Church at its present site (May 2023) Source: Kathryn Hyndman Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.34018, W100.49464 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chain Lakes Cemetery (Municipality of Grassland)

Chain Lakes Quaker Church, Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association.

Sources:

Golden Memories: A History of the Dand Community compiled by the Dand Women’s Institute, 1967, pages 3-14.

“This 121-year-old church is returning home with a new purpose,” CTV News, 31 August 2020.

We thank David Ford and Kathryn Hyndman for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Grant Cassils, Ken Storie, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 16 October 2024

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