Reminiscences of Reverend H. Russell Ross, Early United Church Minister in Dawson Creek, and His Wife, Jean (Teeple) Ross, Early TeacherCross-posted: 18-081: Reverend Dr. Ross You ask for some of our impressions of the British Columbia Peace River area as we remember them from the early thirties. It is not easy to compress so many experiences… Read More

The first words in Genesis are “In the beginning”. The difficulty of writing a history of the First United Church in Dawson Creek is to decide, just WHEN was the beginning! Mr. Groh, Mrs. J.H. Fynn and Glen Braden have written short histories of the Church of 1931 and these are to hand, but the… Read More

Any history of the Pouce Coupe United Church must of necessity mention the neighbouring communities of Dawson Creek and Rolla, for in the early days these small communities were all united in many ways. The first resident minister in the country was a Methodist, Mr. A.J. Law, at Rolla. There a log church, also serving… Read More

By Edna HutchisonIt was in 1929 that the Rt. Rev. C. A. Rix, of Prince Rupert, Bishop of the Diocese of Caledonia, appointed Canon T. D. Proctor, of the Parish of Hazelton, B. C., as Superintendent and Rural Dean of the Peace River District of B. C. He was to come to Dawson Creek and… Read More

St. Mark’s Anglican Church hall was built in the summer and fall of 1930 at the old Dawson Creek townsite and was moved to the new location in November of 1930 and located where the present church now stands. During the winter months the members of the Women’s Auxiliary and the congregation put the finishing… Read More

During the ten-year period between 1933 and 1943, Dawson Creek had grown from a small village of about three hundred inhabitants, to a hive of industry and activity with a military and civilian population of thirty thousand. The town was visited occasionally by Salvation Army officers from Grande Prairie in their appeal for funds, Following… Read More

The corner stone of Christ Church Anglican or ‘Christ’s Anglican Church’ as it was referred to at times in its early days, was laid by Bishop Rix in 1932. Cannon Proctor was in charge of the Anglican Church in that large area known as the Peace River Block — that part of it south of… Read More

© G.R. Clare, 1997In 1929 Ernest Rands was a newly ordained United Church minister in Toronto who had applied to the Home Mission Board for a posting to “the north”. In his letter of appointment, he was told that “there is a growing settlement of people west of Dawson Creek. Your headquarters will be at… Read More

  Information taken from Dawson Creek and District magazine, 2000 edition. ARK Christian Youth Centre – Tom Van Spronson Bethel Pentecostal – Rev. Vic Munshaw Dawson Creek Alliance – Rev Roy Hubert, Pastor Shawn Hubert Dawson Creek Community Church – David & Phyllis Roch First Baptist – Pastor Steve Griffin The Family Church (Four Square)… Read More

A Brief History Of Our Church After several trial meetings in the early 1950s, a sufficient number of Baptists had moved into the area by 1959 to consider trying to begin a Baptist work in Dawson Creek. In March of 1959, Rev. William Ryans, Pastor of the Fort St John Baptist Church, came to Dawson… Read More