With two new churches in Miminegash in 1881 supplying the needs 0f the Methodists and Bible Christians, the religious quality of life could only be improving steadily. During the years from 1879 to 1881 when these two churches were being built, it is unlikely that much traffic could be observed on the Shore Road, and the only through road which Miminegash possessed, connecting it in the north with Tignish and with Campbellton, Cape Wolfe, West Cape, and West Point in the opposite direction. The rare traveller on horseback or driving a horse and wagon approaching Miminegash from the north might have been curious about the two churches he saw in the process of construction. After he had traversed the Gulley Bridge near Rix’s Farm and had arrived at a very sharp turn in the road near the Palmer Road, the Bible Christian Church came into view on the left. Proceeding along the Shore Road, over Green’s Bridge and slightly past the Farley Road on the left, the traveller would come upon the location of a smaller building, the Miminegash Methodist Church. The Methodist Church building had been begun in 1879 and was finished in 1881 during the pastorate of the Rev. Joseph Seller. The existence of these two churches was due not only to dedicated missionaries in Prince Edward Island but also to the missionary efforts of small groups of Methodists and Bible Christians in far away Cornwall and Devon, England who were determined to spread the Gospel in their particular

form.

The location of the Bible Christian Church was below the left side of the corner of the Palmer Road and the Shore Road and to the left of the house formerly occupied by Edwin and Hilda (Costain) Ellsworth and previous to them, by James and Jane Costain.

On September 4, 1981, two local residents, Hilda (Costain) Ellsworth and Warren W. Goss, decided to satisfy their curiosity by exploring the area to see if they could find any trace of the Bible Christian Church.

The area still remains partly cleared, but what trees that are there are noticeably different from those surrounding this lot, poplars as constrasted with

spruce and junipers.

Evidence of a previous foundation is present on the left side of a rectangular

clearing in the form of a man—made ridge a few inches high extending thirty-two feet long. Perpendicular to each end of the left side are two other ridges forming the front and rear of the foundation and twenty-eight feet in width. The right side of the foundation is obscured because of the dumping of soil from road con- struction and the thick growth of bushes.

Extending from the rear of this rectangle are two ridges of soil twelve feet long and twenty-eight feet apart which formed the foundation of an addition which was used as the vestry.

The location of most of the corner posts is easily observed as is the driveway on the right side of the former church and the position of the steps leading into the church at the front.

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