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Saint George, Thorne Centre

Saint George, Thorne Centre

Here we see Saint George’s, Thorne Centre, as photographed by Brian Glenn on 19 October 2011.  There is more than meets the eye here, making ...
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Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Here, courtesy of a photographer who stepped in to document the Easter decorations at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa 113 years ago, we see the original ...
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Saint Paul, Osgoode Station

  Dificulties of Definition This postcard from circa 1910 is the only known visual record of the first Saint Paul’s Church, Osgoode. Our momentary impression ...
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Diocesan Archives Saunders fonds Pakenham Saint Mark

Saint Mark, Pakenham

Saint Mark’s Church at Pakenham, it could be argued, is the chameleon of churches in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. From the top of the ...
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Church of the Good Shepherd

Church of the Good Shepherd Plantagenet

Such was the verticality of the design of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Plantagenet, shown here, that the length of this frame house of ...
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Saint John, VanKleek Hill

Saint John, VanKleek Hill

What are we to make of Saint John’s Church, VanKleek Hill?  It is one of those rare houses of worship that defies all the categories ...
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Saint Anthony, Whitney

Saint Anthony, Whitney

Saint Anthony as patron for this church stands out among Anglican patron saints.  If there is a simple explanation, there may be a more complicated ...
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St. Patrick's, Stafford

Stafford, Saint Patrick

Here we see Saint Patrick’s Church, Stafford, as photographed by the writer on a fine spring day in 1987.  Both inside and out, Saint Patrick’s ...
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Black and white image of Saint Mark's church being built.

Ottawa, Saint Mark

On a summer evening just before dusk in 1955, in a part of the City of Ottawa that had not yet quite fully adjusted to ...
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