PALMER ROAD (Immaculate Conception) ORIGINALLY THIS AREA had the name "Mission of St. Thomas" while still part of Parish . In 1870 the people, composed of Acadian and Irish settlers, built their first church under dedication to the Immaculate Conception. Some ten years later they had a new parochial house and in 1882 they welcomed their first resident pastor. Our Lady of the Assumption 78 Our Parishes Fire in 1890 complete!}' destroyed this first church but three years later the present handsome and spacious church opened its doors. Seating 1000, it is the largest wooden church in the diocese. Stained glass windows of recent years have added to its beauty. The present parochial house was built in 1939 and the former one sold. A large parish hall opened in 1901 and was sold in 1973. Since then the former local school, with additions, has been the parish centre. In 1946 the new mission church, Our Lady of the Assumption, opened at Miminegash for the benefit of increasing numbers of families settling in that part of the parish. The waters of Northumberland Strait skirt the parish's west side, providing abundant harvests offish as well as Irish moss. In addition to having a busy harbour, Miminegash for many years was referred to as the "World's Capital of Irish Moss". Au milieu des annees 1980, la paroisse etablit une cooperative funeraire, la premiere a Pile, et peu de temps apres, construisit une maison funeraire, situee pres de Peglise. Aujourd'hui, la paroisse de I'lmmaculee- Conception compte 600 families d'origines acadienne et irlandaise, dans laquelle on celebre une messe en francais durant la fin de semaine. tient son nom de deux freres dont le nom de famille etait Palmer et qui etaient les proprietaires d'une grande partie de cette region.