Historic Sites of Manitoba: Knox Presbyterian Church / Wallace United Church (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Built in 1900, this stone building was erected by a Presbyterian congregation and was named Knox. Two years later, local Methodists built Zion church situated one miles to the south. After the First World War, the two congregations talked about uniting and permission was received in July 1922, three years before the formal union across the country to form the United Church of Canada. At that time, the former Presbyterian church became Wallace United Church, named for the Rural Municipality of Wallace (now the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth) in which it was located.

Clerics (Knox Presbyterian)

Period	Cleric
1900-1905	Rev. Peter Strang
1905-?	Rev. John Carmichael
?-?	J. O. Rolston
?-?	James Laing
?-1909	Rev. Peter Strang
1909-1914	Rev. W. A. Alexander
1914-?	Rev. Arthur Smith
?-1922	Rev. William Ayres

Clerics (Zion Methodist)

Period	Cleric
1902-1903	Rev. F. Locke
1903-?	Rev. J. W. Dickson Rev. Abbott
?-?	Rev. Taylor Rev. Shier
?-?	Rev. O. B. Kennedy
?-1922	Rev. A. R. Maunders

Clerics (Wallace United)

Period	Cleric
1922-?	Rev. Joseph Johnston
?-?	Rev. James Wilson
?-?	Rev. D. B. Sparling
?-1931	Rev. H. C. Harris
1931-?	Rev. William Wainwright
?-1937	Rev. Or. McCullagh
1937-1944	Rev. J. S. Caldwell
1944-1946	Rev. J. E. Cooper
1946-1948	Rev. W. A. Wilkinson
1948-1950	Rev. K. A. Moyer
1951-1952	Rev. W. R. Welsh
1952-1959	Rev. D. B. Sparling
1959-1968	Rev. S. A. Wamsley
1968-1970	Rev. A. R. Billington
1970-1972	Rev. H. Kemp
1972-1973	Rev. H. Kemp Rev. K. Bauman
1973-1976	Rev. K. Bauman
1976-1977	Keith Donald Boughton (1927-2014)
1977-1979	Rev. B. St. Germaine
1979-?	Rev. T. Rutley

Photos & Coordinates

Wallace United Church (July 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Wallace United Church (May 2022) Source: Rose Kuzina Interior of Wallace United Church (July 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of Wallace United Church (May 2022) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.94543, W100.96616 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Prairie Neighbours, 1881-1981 by The Four Corners History Club, 1981, pages 12-13.

We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 November 2022

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