Up until 1888, one church (1875) and one rectory (1881) had burned. The rectory which had been built in 1882 was not to last very long. The tea party of 1901 had raised close to one thousand dollars but to the dismay of the parish it was lost later that night in a fire which destroyed the parochial house. The parishioners replaced this parochial house with a veritable architectural gem. This new parochial house is thus the third one to be built; and at the turn of the century parishioners were in the fifth church.

The church that was built in 1876 to replace the one burned in the Fall of 1875 was spoken of by Father Burke as being seventy-five feet in length and forty feet in width. Its replacement was of the same dimen- sions and the architect of the 1875 church, Mr. John Corbett, was again engaged. The contract for the new church was given to Messrs Burke and MacDonald. Mr. Corbett himself undertook the completion of the interi- or. This church was counted as one of the prettiest among the wooden churches of the diocese. Pretty or not, it was not to last.

Father Alexander MacAulay had replaced Father James Aeneas MacDonald in 1903 and after several years in the parish decided to build

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