Diocesan Archives

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 ...

Black and white photo of St. Matthias under construction

Saint Matthias, Ottawa — Ottawa West Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood February 22, 2024

Here we see the massive structure of the Church of Saint Matthias taking shape, with construction well underway in Nepean Township in 1948. What may ...

Saint John the Evangelist, Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood December 27, 2023

Here we are in downtown Ottawa in the mid to late 1870s in the upper storey of a building on Rideau Street, looking north along ...

Saint Alban, Mattawa — Pembroke Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood November 20, 2023

Mattawa had always been regarded as an important place, serving as a jumping off place from the settled area of Upper Canada on the upper ...

Clapboard buttresses

Glenn J Lockwood March 1, 2023

What are we to make of Saint Mark’s Church, Avonmore, viewed here as photographed in the mid twentieth century? It looks so pristine, so perfect, ...

Saint James, Perth

Glenn J Lockwood February 1, 2023

Anglican worship at Perth formally dates back to 1819 when the Rev. Michael Harris, a War of 1812 veteran, arrived to minister to a huge ...

Saint Peter’s, Purdy

Glenn J Lockwood January 1, 2023

Neither the place name Bangor nor Purdy appears in traditional accounts or maps of the parishes and missions of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. It ...

All Saints, Sandy Hill

Glenn J Lockwood December 2, 2022

Today, courtesy of climbing and photography done by Brian Glenn, we find ourselves in the belfry of the former All Saints Church, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, ...