Key Number:	HS 42274
Site Name:	Pakan United Church
Other Names:
Site Type:	1603 - Religious: Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			58	17	4

Address:
Number:
Street:
Avenue:
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Town:	Pakan
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View	Source

Architectural

Style:
Plan Shape:	Rectangular
Storeys:	Storeys: 1 1/2
Foundation:
Superstructure:	Nailed Frame
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Medium Gable
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:
Exterior:	Roofing is wood shingles. Brick chimney. Closed porch in front.
Interior:	N/A
Environment:	Located adjacent to Victoria Historic site property.
Condition:	N/A
Alterations:	N/A

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Constructed	1906/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Church Occasionally	1906/01/01 1966/01/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
Provinical Museum.

Architect:	N/A
Builder:	N/A
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	Dr. C.H. Lawford - Methodist Minister (1905 - 1922). Constructed as a domestic mission church. ********* SMALL WHITE CHURCH MARKS HISTORIC PAST By Art Robinson The Journal Pakan -- On top of the hill stands a small, white church. Down the road a short distance are four marked grave stones, a small cabin and one slightly larger house. ... The dusty, gravel roads to the site are travelled infrequently, except by local residents, mostly farmers. But once a year a large number gather at the church, built about 1905. ... ********** VICTORIA MISSION From 1863 to 1871, the Victoria Mission was run by Reverend George McDougall. His commitment to evangelize the local Indian tribes resulted in the construction of a sizeable mission complex, which by 1865 consisted of a house, school, church and an assortment of outbuildings. He also established a regular circuit across the western plains along which he preached to the assembled Crees and Stoneys. In the fall of 1870, tragedy struck the Victoria Mission. In rapid succession, three McDougall children, Flora, the adopted Indian daughter Anna, and Georgiana succumbed to the smallpox epidemic. Their graves, along with that of Abigail McDougall, John's first wife who died in April 1871, are the only reminders of the McDougall presence at the mission. After George McDougall moved to Edmonton in 1871, the Victoria Mission began to decline. ... The small frame church, built in 1906 and located to the north of Hudson's Bay Clerk's Residence, is all that now remains of the Victoria Mission which was finally abandoned in 1921-1922.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
(not assigned)

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Links

Internet:
Alberta Register of Historic Places:	4665-0836