2. WESLEYAN METHODIST CEMETERY 
     
     IS STARTED 
     
    
   
   
    
     On October 27, 1866, an event occurred off the shore of Miminegash which was 
     
     to have some effect on the Methodist Society there. As the result of a storm of 
     
     unusual severity bringing rain, snow and winds of perfect gale force, the Fanny 
     
     Fern, a ship of 622 tons, was wrecked off Miminegash and the bodies of two sailors 
     
     were washed ashore and buried in the field below John Costain’s house. As a con- 
     
     sequence, the land which was to become the Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery was 
     
     donated to the Miminegash Methodist Society by John and Phoebe Costain and 
     
     Richard and Jane Costain, circa 1866. The first recorded burial there was on July 1, 
     
     1867. 
     
    
   
   
    
     3. CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIMINEGASH 
     
     METHODIST CHURCH BUILDING 
     
    
   
   
    
     On January 17, 1871, John Wilkinson, Sr. was appointed a steward for 
     
     Miminegash. 
     
    
   
   
    
     According to the Quarterly Board Minutes for August 16, 1875, “A young 
     
     man, the Rev. Aquila Lucas, is expected to be here in October, 1875. His three 
     
     quarters salary is estimated at $150.00 and his board at $66.00. It is thought that 
     
     friends will lend him horses for journeys to save expense to the circuit”. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Miminegash United Church H Goss Col]. 
     
    
   
   
    
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