St. Margaret of Scotland Church
Grand Mira, C.B.
The first church in Grand Mira was built around 1826 , it was a small log chapel named St. Peter's.
It was located at the shore directly below the Glebe House of today.
In 1870, Fr. Archie Chisholm came to Grand Mira and built the present day church with the help of the parishioners.
That church is still used today.
The outside of the church was finished and the ceiling was finished after Fr. Chisholm left in 1876.
After September 1883 the interior of the church was completed. A furnace was put under the church between 1905 and 1916.
During the time of Fr. J.A. M. Gillis (1901-1905) churches were built at French Rd. & Gabarus.
French Rd. had approximately 25 families. Oceanview also had their own church.
The lumber posts for the present day church came from Glengarry.
Fr. John Bryden and parishioners put in four altars-a main altar dedicated to St. Margaret of Scotland,
two side altars, and one altar located in the vestry.
The confessional was made of double oak.
The present day church is of the Gothic Tudor Style as are many of the wooden churches of the Diocese.
The inscription on the bell, which is hanging outside the church, has Henry McShane Baltimore, MD 1880 written on it.
The corpus hanging on the cross in the cemetery is made of 1" -1 _" cast metal and weighs approximately 700-750 lbs
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