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This former United church at Belmont, in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, was built in 1891 for a Presbyterian congregation. A tower was added around 1910 and a bell donated by the municipality was installed later. A basement was constructed under the building in 1920. Following the unification of the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations in 1925, the building was covered in brick veneer, completed by 1927 with an addition designed by Winnipeg architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built at a cost of about $20,000.
Further renovations were carried out in 1983. The original windows were replaced with triple-pane windows in 1991. The final service in the church was held on 28 June 2020. The congregation was dissolved and the building was sold to be renovated into residential apartments.
Period
Cleric
?-?
Rev. Todd
1884-1891
Rev. J. Cairns
1891
B. Innes (student)
1891
Mr. Chestnut (student)
1892
Mr. Stewart
1892
Mr. Grant (student)
1893
Mr. Gordon
1893
Rev. Lying
1894
Mr. Robertson
1895-1900
Rev. W. R. Ross
1900-1907
Rev. C. McKay
1907-1914
Rev. G. Faryon
1914-1919
Rev. Joseph Hunter
1919-1925
Rev. G. A. Dyker
Period
Cleric
1884-1888
Rev. Hoskins
1888-1890
Rev. W. C. Wilson
1890-1892
Rev. O. Darwin
1892-1895
Rev. H. Wigle
1895-1898
Rev. Joscelyn
1898-1901
Rev. T. B. Wilson
1901-1904
Rev. Miller
1904-1907
Rev. Buckley
1907-1909
Rev. E. J. Hopper
1909-1912
Rev. D. R. Patterson
1912-1915
Dr. J. E. Lane
1915-1918
Rev. H. Dodds
1918-1921
Rev. Rowen
1921-1925
Rev. Lord
Period
Cleric
1925-1930
Rev. H. B. Wallace
1930-1935
Rev. R. Hunter
1935-1942
Thomas Burridge Pearson (1885-1972)
1942-1946
Rev. M. E. Graham
1946-1947
Rev. W. R. Wood
1947-1950
Rev. H. Meadows
1950-1953
Rev. R. W. Bray
1953-1956
Rev. W. O. Robinson
1956-1959
Rev. H. J. Smith
1959-1960
Fred Miles
1960-1963
Rev. Donald Campbell
1963-1967
Mrs. Dorrie Archibald
1967-1971
Rev. Gale Blue
1971-1974
Rev. Victor R. Bowins
1974-1975
Rev. Dr. Freda Rajotte
1975-1979
Rev. Bruce McNeill
1979-1984
Rev. Marilyn Rushton
1984-1989
Rev. Wendy Rankin
1989-1994
Rev. Lexie Chamberlan
1994-1996
Judy Boushard
1996-2001
Rev. Irene Ounch Penhale
2001-?
Rev. Doug Craig
?-2020
Beth Clark
Fiona Hastie
Knox United Church at Belmont (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of Knox United Church at Belmont (July 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40902, W99.45579
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
“Recent building and trade notes,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 August 1927, page 13.
Strathcona: Portrait of a Prairie Municipality by Freda Rajotte, circa 1976, page 61.
The Paths of the Pioneers: Belmont and District by Belmont History Committee, 1989, pages 119-122.
We thank Colin Myers, George Penner, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 April 2023
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