McDougall United Church

McDougall United Church
McDougall United Church

Front entrance of McDougall United.
Coordinates: 53°32′23″N 113°29′35″W / 53.53972°N 113.49306°W / 53.53972; -113.49306
Location Edmonton, Alberta
Country Canada
Denomination United Church of Canada
Previous denomination Methodist
Website mcdougallunited.com
History
Former name(s) McDougall Methodist Church
Founded 1871
Founder(s) Robert Rundle
Dedication George McDougall
Dedicated 1910
Architecture
Status Church
Functional status Functioning
Architect(s) H.A. Magoon
Style Italianate
Specifications
Materials Brick

The McDougall United Church is a church located in Downtown Edmonton at 10086-101 Street.[1]

History

Methodists started coming to Alberta in 1840, when Robert Rundle came to Fort Edmonton. He was an itinerant missionary, later another missionary by the name of Peter Campbell came to Edmonton in the 1860s. It was still 10 years before Edmonton had a resident Methodist. George McDougall established a school in 1871, to teach English to the children of the Hudson's Bay Company employees, because the most used languages then were French, Gaelic, and Cree.[1]

The McDougalls were a family of Methodist missionaries: George and his son John started missions to the native people in Pakan (north east of Edmonton), and Morley (west of Calgary). After the smallpox epidemic of 1870, in which many of the McDougall women and children died, the survivors moved to Edmonton before moving to Morley. the second Methodist church was built in 1892, and later a third one was built. The brick McDougall Church, was built in 1910 and dedicated to the honor of George McDougall.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ivany, Kathryn (2004). History Walks of Edmonton. Red Deer Press. pp. 113, 114, 115. ISBN 0889952981. 



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