All Saints Anglican Church (English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador)

All Saints Anglican Church (English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Infobox Historic building
name = All Saints Anglican Church


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location_town = English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
location_country = Canada
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construction_start_date = 1888
completion_date = 1889
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structural_system = one-storey wood frame
style = Carpenter Gothic
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All Saints Anglican Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Anglican church building located in English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Built in 1888-1889 of wood, its steep pitched roof and lancet windows are typical of Gothic Revival churches. The church's historic cemetery contains the graves of many area pioneers, including the victims of the Trinity Bay Disaster of 1892 in which numerous fishermen hunting seals in the bay were caught in a sudden freezing storm. [ [http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=3760 Canada's Historic Places: All Saints Anglican Church] ]

All Saints Church including its cemetery is a provincial heritage site as designated by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador on May 7, 2005. . [ [http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=3760 Canada's Historic Places: All Saints Anglican Church] ] The English Harbour Arts Association is dedicated to preserving All Saints and to creating "an economically viable cultural centre." [ [http://www.englishharbourartsassociation.com/ English Harbour Arts Association website] ]

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External links

* [http://www.englishharbourartsassociation.com/ English Harbour Arts Association website]


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