Kola Anglican Church of the Advent is one of the oldest churches in southwestern Manitoba still on its original site. Built in 1884 by settlers to the Arawana district in what is now the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, it became a municipally-designated historic site in September 1993 and was renovated in the 2000s as part of the Manitoba Prairie Churches Project. Also on the site is a fieldstone monument, erected in 1977, honouring pioneers of the Arawana district.
Kola Anglican Church of the Advent (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Kola Anglican Church of the Advent (July 2018)
Source: George Penner
Kola Anglican Church of the Advent (May 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of Kola Anglican Church of the Advent (July 2018)
Source: George Penner
Arawana pioneers commemorative monument (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Kola Anglican Church, cemetery, and pioneers monument (May 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.83964, W101.28172
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Prairie Churches Project / Manitoba Prairie Icons Project
Kola Anglican Church of the Advent, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank George Penner and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 July 2022
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