Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minniska Presbyterian Church / Minniska United Church / Minniska Pioneers Monument (RM of Riding Mountain West)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A monument in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was dedicated in 1967 to commemorate pioneers of the local area, and also to commemorate Minniska Presbyterian Church. It was built at this site in 1899, replacing a log building west of the nearby creek at NE30-21-27W. It became Minniska United Church in 1925. The church closed in 1968 and its congregants went to Silverton United Church or Knox United Church in Russell.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1893-1897	J. H. Cameron
1897-1903	D. M. McKay
1903	George Edmison
1903-1909	J. L. King
1910-1911	R. W. Beveridge
1911-1914	Arthur W. Smith
1914-1922	J. F. Douglas
1923-1924	John Horn
1924-1928	J. W. Bailey
1928-1929	Walter Royle (c1887-1955)
1929-1930	W. M. Turnbull
1931-1936	M. E. Graham
1937-1941	Alex Calder
1942-1943	Robert J. Leighton
1944-1948	S. R. Vincent
1948-1949	J. E. McNeill
1953	George Denyes
1956	Arthur Woitte
1960	Robert Stiven
1961	Mrs. D. Archibald
1963	D. G. Stewart
1965-1968	C. Connor

Photos & Coordinates

Minniska Pioneers Monument (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.84522, W101.20626 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minniska Cemetery (RM of Riding Mountain West)

Sources:

The Rural Municipality of Silver Creek, 1884-1984 compiled and published by the Silver Creek Historical Committee, 1983, pages 40-41.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 October 2022

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