A HISTORY OF CANOE COVE

Presbyterian Church of Canada. (Prior to this they were Free Church of Scotland). This was granted by the General Assembly and these congregations joined with Clyde River to form Central Parish. Rev. Thomas Goodwill was its first inducted minister serving from 1939—1948. Canoe Cove maintained some of its Free Church of Scotland traditions for many years, one being not having musical instruments in the church and the psalms and paraphrases were led by a singing elder called a Precentor. About 1947 the church purchased an organ and music was heard at worship in the church for the first time.

After Mr. Goodwill retired because of ill health students and supply took care of the needs of the congregation until Rev. Donald Nicholson accepted a call to our church in 1950 and stayed until 1956. While he was with us the church was wired for electricity in

1950.

The ministers from then up to the present are as follows:

Rev. George Killen 1956—1960

Rev. Raymond Gillis 1962—1968

Rev. Gerald Sarcen 1970-1974

Rev. Gordon Reid 1976-1982

Rev. Waldon Moase 1982—1986

Rev. Robert'Lyle came to be with us in 1986. He has received a call to go to Sydney, NS. and left us in August 1992 to take up his ministry there. , Pulpit supply included Rev. Mr. Burns. Rev. Mr. Stackhouse and Rev. T. W. Howard for this later period. Earlier visiting ministers were Rev. Ewen MacDougall and later his son the Rev. Ewen. Also Rev. Theodore Ross, Rev. William Campbell, Rev. E. C. Robertson, Rev. Dr. Alex Murray, Rev. Marillus Kik, Rev. J. A. Murchison, Rev. Carlyle Webster, Rev. J. H. Bishop, Rev. Richard Westaway, Rev. Neil Herman and Rev. Horace