Diocesan Archives

Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay — Deanery of the Northwest

Glenn J Lockwood January 20, 2025

Here is Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay, photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 June 2010. It appears rather unusual for an Anglican house of ...

Cover of the Rev. Frank Uhlir's book The Call of the Cross

Temple Pastures — Deanery of West Quebec

Glenn J Lockwood December 26, 2024

This 1970s photograph is a reminder of a man who was not your standard Anglican, yet who for a generation operated a facility that helped ...

Deanery of East Ontario — Church of the Nativity, L’Orignal

Glenn J Lockwood November 21, 2024

Anglican services in L’Orignal began in the 1850s, and from 1870 were held at the Prescott and Russell courthouse. Peter H. McIntosh donated land for ...

Archival black and white photo of the exterior of Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt — Cathedral Deanery

October 21, 2024

Complexity is written all over the Queen Anne Revival building we see here. And for good reason. It reminds us that a diocese is a ...

Christ Church, Bells Corners — Deanery of West Ottawa

September 23, 2024

One of the most plaintive inquiries ever received at the Diocesan Archives is for a photograph of the brand, spanking new frame Christ Church, Bells ...

St. John, Antrim — Deanery of the Southwest

Glenn J Lockwood August 22, 2024

We may well ponder what the good farmers of the Antrim vicinity were thinking when they began drawing timbers and other construction materials to build ...

interior of altar space in a church - black and white

St. John the Evangelist, Lancaster— Deanery of East Ontario

Glenn J Lockwood May 20, 2024

At first, we do not see that we are being watched. But sooner or later we notice the clergyman staring directly at us. He is ...

Archives to the rescue

Glenn J Lockwood March 25, 2024

Generally, the work of the Archives does not have the same urgency as the Anglican Community Ministries such as Belong Ottawa, Cornerstone or Centre 105 ...

All Saints, Petawawa — Deanery of the Northwest

Glenn J Lockwood March 25, 2024

Petawawa is first mentioned in 1887 as a station of the Anglican Upper Ottawa Mission, based at Pembroke. A cornerstone for a church at Petawawa ...