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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. Uhrich |
1972-1979 |
Rev. Donald W. R. McLeod |
1979-1982 |
Rev. I. Marguerite Miller |
1983 |
David Ewart |
1984-1987 |
Barbara Isabelle Cook (1930-2017) |
1988-1991 |
Gwen Nicol MacDonald |
1991-1992 |
Alice and Bill Hogman |
1992-1996 |
Alan Armstrong |
1996-? |
Beth McLean |
?-2005 |
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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
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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: 31 May 2023
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