Historic Sites of Manitoba: Zion Methodist Church / Napinka United Church (Napinka, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This church building at Napinka, in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, was dedicated in late 1899. By July 1917, the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations had decided to unite, with services held in the Methodist church while the Presbyterian church would be used as a school. Sometime after 2011, the building was demolished and its steeple was saved for display.

Clerics

Period

Cleric

1899-1900

S. P. Riddell
E. V. Tilton

1900-1902

Joseph Albert Lousley (1870-1962)

1902-1903

A. Andrews

1903-1906

D. Talbot

1906-1908

P. J. Thacker

1909-1911

R. Edmiston

1911-1914

J. G. Fallis

1914-1916

G. T. Honner

1916-1918

J. Little

1918-1919

S. East

1919-1921

S. Martin

1921-1923

James Wilfred Melvin (1877-1965)

1923-1925

A. O. Huguet

1925-1928

G. F. Denyes

1928-1931

W. Wainwright

1931-1935

L. A. Bygrave

1935-1940

J. T. Wotton

1940-1943

F. D. Ward

1943-1944

J. G. Barber

1944-1947

R. A. Passmore

1947-1949

J. McDonald

1949-1952

W. O. Robinson

1952-1953

N. L. Watson

1953-1957

I. McMillan

1957-1960

J. Wiznuk

1960-1965

George Henry Hambley (1896-1983)

1965-1967

M. Lake

1967-1971

Don Robertson

1971-1975

John Buttars

1975-1980

J. Clark Saunders

1980-1984

Doug Jones

1984-1988

Elizabeth McDonald

1988-?

Roy Nicol

Photos & Coordinates

Zion United Church at Napinka

Zion United Church at Napinka (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Steeple from the former Zion United Church at Napinka

Steeple from the former Zion United Church at Napinka (September 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.32450, W100.84180
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Bridging Brenda, Volume 1, pages 294-296.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2023

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