Historical Journey to the Rocky Mountains

Keeping with the historical theme, I travelled west to the Rocky Mountains on the Bow Valley Trail. I stumbled upon a church designated as an historical site. I realized the photographic opportunities that existed and when returning home immediately researched the historical significance. 

The church is known as the McDOUGALL MEMORIAL UNITED CHURCH and was constructed in 1875. It features the Carpenter`s Gothic Style of pointed arch windows and front door, shingled gabled roof and a steeple crowned by a pinnicle. The mission was the efforts of the the Methodist and was the first Protestant mission serving the native tribes in the southern Alberta area. Reverend George McDougall died in 1876. Click here for more historical information

These photos were taken with my new DSLR camera.

A long path leads to the entrance

Boarded up windows on the side

The front of the Rectory; the Reverends home

The back of the Reverends home

The historical steeple

A view from the back