St. George's Anglican Church
Fort Saskatchewan AB

Welcome to St. George's Anglican Church

We are a Christian Community located in Historic Downtown in Fort Saskatchewan. Our community is formed around the worship of God, fellowship with each other and with the community in which we live and serve. Please take time to explore our site and get to know who we are and what we are about.

Should you find your self looking for information on life events such as weddings, baptisms and funerals you can call the parish office and we will be happy to tell you what we do and how we can help.

If you are looking to talk to a priest, please don't hesitate to contact the office. We are here to support and serve and hope that you will feel comfortable coming to us for just that!

Lastly, please know that if you are thinking about coming to worship with us, you are warmly invited to join us and are always welcome. Our community is one of great joy and hospitality and we hope that we will be able to share that with you when you visit. We look forward to meeting you.

 

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Towards the end of the 1800's, the Anglican Church was becoming well established in Fort Saskatchewan, and the parish of St. George was constituted formally. The English church, as it was known commonly in those days, has connections with Fort Saskatchewan that back to Canon William Newton, who arrived in Edmonton on September 28, 1875, after a five month journey from Ontario.

The year after Newton arrived in Edmonton, he began to look for a permanent location. Finally, he settled on a piece of land some seven miles downstream, and he built there a home and a chapel, the site becoming known as "The Hermitage". "The Hermitage became the centre of William Newton's activities for 20 years as he went out on missionary journeys of up to 200 miles.

Fort Saskatchewan was well within Canon Newton's territory and he held many services for the men at the barracks, many of whom were Anglican. His work elsewhere began to claim more and more of Canon Newton's time, and, eventually, the regular services at Fort Sasktachewan were discounted. However, occasional services and mid-week meetings were maintained until regular services could be provided from elsewhere.

Regular Anglican services in Fort Saskatchewan were resumed when Rev. Geoffrey C. d'Easum began to serve it from a neighbouring parish a short while before he moved to the Fort in early 1895. Almost immediately after his arrival, the deed of erection constituting the parish was issued. It did not prove possible to build a church that year, but plans were in place to build the following here. Finally in October 1896 construction and work began on the building located a little to the south of the 1951 church. Much volunteer work was used, several Anglicans came from as far away as Partridge Hill to help with the construction. By November 1896 the frame was up and the building was rapidly assuming a finished appearance.

On January 3, 1897 The Right Rev. Cyprian Pinkham, Bishop of Calgary presided at the dedication service of St. George's church.

In the early days, Anglican services were conducted at a number of different places in the country, such as Agricola and Partridge Hill. However, Anglican work never became established strongly in the rural areas. The number of services in the surrounding areas declined and as transportation improved, all Anglicans in the district looked to St. George's Fort Saskatchewan, as their parish church.

​Rectors of Fort Saskatchewan

2016 - present Rev. Canon Chelsy Bouwman

1984 - Rev. H.S. Hanes

1982 - 1983 Rev. B.F. Osborne

1976 - 1982 Rev. A. L. Steele

1971 - 1976 Ven. V.P. Cole

1965 - 1971 Rev. T.W. Teape

1960 - 1965 Rev. D. F. Moore

1958 - 1960 Rev. C.C. MacPherson

1954 - 1958 Rev. S.H.F. Jarvis

St. Saviour's Mission

1952 - 1954 Rev. H.G. McDonald, Rev. A. Hooper,

Rev. R.A. Sayer, Rev. W.E. Crowle, Rev. W. McCullough

1950 - 1952 Rev. J.E. Williams

1945 - 1950 Layreader W.E. Fowler (ordained in 1950)

1945 - 1950 Rev. W.W. Buxton

1943 - 1945 Several Clergy

1941 - 1943 Rev. R. M. Boas

1939 - 1941 Rev. G. O. Schultz

1938 - 1939 Rev. Arthur Murphy

1935 - 1938 Rev. Leslie D. Batchelor

1934 - 1935 Layreader Mr. Thornton Bullock

1928 - 1934 Rev. Christopher Reed

1925 - 1928 Rev. E. Raymond Lockyer

1924 - 1925 Rev. W. Edgar Goodman

1923 - 1924 Layreader Mr. Thornton Bullock

1921 - 1923 Rev. J. H. Atkinson

1920 - 1921 Rev. David Pierce-Jones

1915 - 1920 Rev. Gerald McComas

1914 - 1915 Rev. Thos. M. Melrose

1911 - 1914 Rev. R.J. Ingram-Johnson

1908 - 1911 Rev. H.H. Wilkinson

1895 - 1908 Rev. G. C. d'Easum

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