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The Knox Presbyterian Church was built in 1897 at another site in Plumas and it was moved here in 1906. Following the unification of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational faiths in Canada, in 1925, the former Salem Methodist church building was moved beside the Presbyterian church to be used as an annex. In 1957, the annex was replaced by a newly built Christian Education Building.
The original Knox Presbyterian building was demolished in April 1971. A cornerstone was laid on 20 June 1971 and a new building was constructed on the same site later that year. A dedication service was held on 21 May 1972.
A fieldstone monument on the church grounds, erected on 30 April 1981, is topped by a brass bell sent from Ireland to Reverend William Bell to commemorate his ministry at Knox Presbyterian Church from 1902 to 1907.
Period
Cleric
1902-1907
Rev. William Bell
1907-?
Rev. E. Annand
?-?
Rev. J. McCaskill
?-?
Rev. R. S. McKay
?-?
Rev. F. C. Pecover
?-?
Rev. A. Sinclair
?-?
Rev. John McLeod
?-?
Rev. A. D. Watson
?-?
Rev. W. M. Turnbull
?-?
Rev. Joseph Cooper
?-?
Rev. Barbara Burton
?-?
Rev. H. Neufeld
?-1950
Rev. E. A. McIlwain
1950-1951
John George Bitcon (1875-1963)
1951-?
Owen Tudor Hughes (1915-2004)
?-?
Rev. H. W. Boyd
?-?
W. E. Senior
?-?
Dr. G. Elliott
?-?
William Lord
?-?
William Wells
?-?
William Ballantyne
?-?
J. Jonas
?-?
E. Armistead
?-?
G. Easson
Knox United Church (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Knox United Church (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Knox Presbyterian Church bell monument (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Plaque on Knox Presbyterian Church bell monument (August 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.38491, W99.08502
denoted by symbol on the map above
Browsing Through the Years: Plumas and District, 1876-1976 by Plumas and District History Committee, 1976, page 19.
Obituary [Owen Tudor Hughes], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 August 2004.
Plumas Knox United Church fonds, MAIN - Manitoba Archival Information Network.
This page was prepared by Glen Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 January 2024
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