This church was placed under the invocation of St. Cuthbert. it was cruciform in shape and was built by a man named Barrett. The presbyteiy of Baldwin's

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Road was built several years later than the church. Its erection was super- -intended by Rev. James Phelan.

In 1875 the church built by Father McIntyre. was replaced by an elegant structure erected when Rev. Angus MacDonald was in charge of the mission. In 1879, during a violent snow storm accompanied by a strong north west gale. this fine church was blown down, to the great distress of the worthy priest and all the parish- oners. The following account of the CatastroPhe is taken from the parish register.

“On February 22nd 1879, St. Cuthbert's church was blown down and completely destroyed, to our great loss and affliction. We had to consider then, as far

as We could, what was to be done in order to get some place in which to assemble the peeple for Divine Service. We had no money, no church, and the parish was 1.500 in debt. We cannot forget the afflicted appearance of the church grounds and the parish generally on the day and week after the church

was blown down.

“Th parishoners shoved a good spirit and were willing to do the best they could, but what had they to work on. in regard to money or temporal and worldly matter. Nothing whatever, We had however,oun confidence in God, which required strength- ening. and our courage and earnestness, which also needed strength and improve- ment. Pastor and peOple then concluded to build up a temporary structure to answer the purpose of a church. Every man in the parish agreed to give eight days work,'We hired two or three men. to superintend and from the wreck of the fallen church we put up a plain. cheap building which answered the purpose of

1 church for six years. St. Cuthberts was bloWn down in the first week of Lent,