St.Paul's Anglican Cemetery - Middleport Traditional Cache
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St.Paul's Anglican Cemetery - Middleport
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Located right along the river, this cache is accessed from Highway 54 through the small gate near the front of the church.
St. Paul's Anglican church is quite fascinating, as it is one of the few wooden Anglican churches in the world.
Wooden Anglican churches in Ontario of the second half of the 19th century are not plentiful. In the first place, rich, large and/or more ambitious congregations opted to build their churches in stone or brick rather than wood because a masonry edifice was seen to be more permanent. Secondly, wooden edifices were more susceptible to destruction by fire.
The survival of St Paul's Anglican Church in the village of Middleport is therefore quite remarkable. The History of Brant County published in 1883, records that St Paul's was 'erected during the year of 1868, on an eligible plot of ground, the gift of Robert Wade, Esq.'. The church is described as 'A neat frame building with tower and bell, its value being $1,500'. St Paul's was consecrated in 1880 by Isaac Hellmuth (1817-1901), Bishop of Huron (1871-1883).
The church history informs us that St Paul's was erected 'under the direction of Reverend Adam Elliott' but the name of the architect is not recorded. Be that as it may, it is clear that the person was well informed about ecclesiological principles of Anglican Church design.
The church also backs onto the Grand River, and this is a great spot to take pics from. The cache is a small sized jar with a screw top lid, with logbook, swag and pen. Please leave the logbook and pen in the cache.
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