.house of one James MacDonald. The present church, which is of brick was built

in 1869 when the Reverend Thomas Phelan, residing at Tracadie, hsd charge of

the mission. Mr. John Corbett being the Architect.

The dimensions of the church are one hundred and two feet in length by forty five feet in width. , It was not completed interiorly until 1881. In 1882 a very fine altar built

by Mr. Thomas Raymond, was placed in the church. The altar has recently been painted and the interior of the Sanctuary frescold by Mr. L. Edwardes. who also painted the wood work of the church. The ceiling which is in the gothic style. rests upon pillars that are an excellent imitation of malachite.

flhe windows painted to/represent stained glass. are done with considerable skill. A very fine statue of the titular saint of the parish. St. Patrick, stands above the high altar. Altogetherthis church of St. Patrick is one of which the parish may Beel proud.

In 1870 the Rev. Angus XacDoneld went to reside at Fort Augustus. and during

his pastorate. the exceedingly spacious and handsome brick presbytery was built. The cemetery which is in excellent'01fer, contains a mission cross commemorating the visit of the Redemptorist Fathers to the Parish in 188k.

For many years Fort Augustus was attended by the Rev. James Brady. who. until 1860 gave the peOple mass every fourth or fifth Sunday. From 1860 to 1870 Father Thomas Phelan served the mission. he was succceded by the Rev. Angus dacDonald who was the first resident priest of Fort Augustus. he in 1876, was replaced by the Rev. N.G. A. Bordreault, who remained there one year, when he gave place to the Rev. Allen MacDonald who is the present highly esteemed pastor of the mission. When viewed from the Opnosite side of the Fillsborvugh. or from the Sunny

heights around the church. the countiy bears sma 1 trace of the wild state in

which the ancestors of its present prosperous farmers first saw it.