The Icelandic Lutheran congregation of Pembina was organized in the Fall of 1884. A congregational church was built in 1885, dedicated on July 29, 1889. In 1909 there arose a controversy with the Synod, splitting the congregation, but both congregations used this church until there were to few Icelandic people in Pembina to pay a minister.
In 1927 a Greek Orthodox congregation in the Pembina area was organized by families from Pembina, ND and Emerson, MB.
Sept. 29th, 1937 the church property was purchased by the Greek Orthodox congregation of Pembina, and then remodeled and redecorated.
Initially five area congregations used this church. On June 19th, 1987, with only five members remaining, the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of St. John, Pembina ND was disbanded and the church and property were turned over to Fort Pembina Historical Society. The congregation reserved the right to use the church as a meeting hall with the most recent service conducted on July 4th, 2014, by Father Myron Klysh of St. George Orthodox Church, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
T=Terain - 1.5; D=Difficulty - 2; S=Size - Micro, NOT WINTER FRIENDLY.