The Great Canadian churches thread - Page 28

megadude · #**541** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 4:15 AM**

Spent a few hours in Niagara Region today and saw a couple of impressive churches so I looked up what else they had. There's a pretty good collection of churches down there.

St. Thomas Anglican, St. Catharines

https://www.stthomaschurch.ca/

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN, St. Catharines

http://www.combinedvoicesinpraise.com/Concerts.php

The Diocese of St Catharines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_...int_Catharines

St George's Anglican, St. Catharines

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/st-georges-a...-st-catharines

St John's, Port Dalhousie - Anglican

https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsportdalhousie/

Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Port Dalhousie

http://www.whitelinearchitects.com/p...tholic-church/

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)

Silver Spire United, St. Catharines

https://affirmunited.ause.ca/affirmi...n-9-june-2019/

Welland Avenue Methodist Church, St. Catharines

https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/li...ging-face.html

kwoldtimer · #**542** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 4:22 AM**

The Greek Revival style of that NOTL church looks like it was transplanted from somewhere in New England or U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

megadude · #**543** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 4:39 AM**

True. I had to do a double take when I saw the pic. I said that don't look like a church 'round these parts. Definitely Eastern US vibes.

Chadillaccc · #**544** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 4:59 AM**

NOTL was settled by loyalists... that's probably why.

megadude · #**545** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 11:05 AM**

St Paul's Anglican Church - Fort Erie

https://www.facebook.com/stpaulsfe/

THOROLD, HOLY ROSARY, 1878

https://www.thoroldnews.com/local-ne...photos-1478171

NIAGARA FALLS, ST. PATRICK, 1895

https://150.niagarafallsheritage.ca/details?ID=90

MERRITTON, ST. PATRICK’S, 1898-1899

http://www.saintpats.ca/index.html

megadude · #**546** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 11:15 AM**

St. Mary of the Assumption Church
St. Catharines

https://www.joinmychurch.com/churche...io-Canada/2513

PORT ROBINSON, ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH (1844)

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~russm...ray/page5.html

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, Thorold

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megadude · #**547** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 11:28 AM**

There some random other churches that popped up when I was looking at Niagara churches and it really shows that across the country we haven't even covered probably a quarter or even a tenth of the impressive churches out there. If you were really religious and into archicture, well then you'd have a lot of ground to cover.

My friend in Brampton was going on a trip to see some churches when his dad arrived back from Dubai (three times a year) from his job as a truck driver. He's a catholic Indian guy. He was trying to plan somewhere that wasn't way too far and somewhere they hadn't been before. I suggested Pittsburgh as it's 5 hours away. Montreal they had already done. Well, they settled on Quebec City because plenty of churches there and on the way and they didn't want the headache of going over to the US due to his dad's status or something.

GANANOQUE, ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, 1891

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C...rch_(Gananoque)

https://www.joinmychurch.com/churche...io-Canada/2282

St. Paul's United in Brampton

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/com...h-anniversary/

St. Paul's Anglican, Thunder Bay

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractio...t_Ontario.html

ssiguy · #**548** Posted **Dec 7, 2020, 10:15 PM**

Megadude......... Thanks so much for those great pics of Niagara.

Considering Niagara's population and being such a major tourist draw, it gets shockingly little attention on any of the forums which is a shame. The area is beautiful with vineyards, the Falls, beautiful towns, great beaches, and rich history.

megadude · #**549** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

Megadude......... Thanks so much for those great pics of Niagara.

Considering Niagara's population and being such a major tourist draw, it gets shockingly little attention on any of the forums which is a shame. The area is beautiful with vineyards, the Falls, beautiful towns, great beaches, and rich history.

No problem.

The region as a whole is indeed quite beautiful and unique but for every pretty neighbourhood there is also a kind of rundown neighbourhood! Just take a drive through the downtowns of St. Catharines, Welland, Thorold, Fort Erie and NF. But at the same time, there's NOTL, Port Dalhousie, Clifton Hill/Lundy's Lane, Jordan Village and various escarpment, beach and waterside communities.

And the vineyards look a little desolate this time of the year but at least there's some nice escarpment and water views here and there. Plus the canals, the locks and hydro infrastructure make for interesting viewing too.

J.OT13 · #**550** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 2:45 PM**

Notre-Dame Cathedral-Basilica, Ottawa.

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2396?cache=yes

In 2017 during La Machine.

http://lucybaumphotographer.com/blog...omes-to-ottawa

https://apt613.ca/la-machine-ottawa/

Micho · #**551** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 10:58 PM**

Trois-Pistoles - Québec

PHOTO : PAGE FACEBOOK/TOURISME BAS-SAINT-LAURENT

Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Cap - Québec

Photo: Yves Lavoie

Église Saint Jean Baptiste - Québec City

Photo: @felix.larouche

Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac - Québec

esquire · #**552** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 11:23 PM**

^ Whooooaaaaa, could Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac and its setting be any more spectacular?!?

Amazing set of photos, Micho... thanks.

kwoldtimer · #**553** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 11:31 PM**

Good cheese too!

megadude · #**554** Posted **Dec 13, 2020, 10:02 PM**

First one has gargantuan roofing. Interesting to look at.

Second one, combined with the surroundings, looks like it could be a pic straight out of Europe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micho

Trois-Pistoles - Québec

Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Cap - Québec

Photo: Yves Lavoie

Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac - Québec

megadude · #**555** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 12:09 AM**

Was in rural and downtown Milton today. I posted a couple weeks ago about a church I noticed in the background of a movie scene that was being filmed. Well there's a few more nice looking ones and they're all within a couple blocks of each other. Also an interesting one out in the woods.

St Paul's United Church

photograph by Karl Anderson

Knox Presbyterian Church

https://downtownmilton.com/directory...terian-church/

Grace Anglican

https://canada247.info/explore/ontar...-878-2411.html

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...n,_Ontario.jpg

Holy Rosary. Nice crown on this.

http://www.holyrosaryparish.ca/

Serbian Orthodox Holy Transfiguration Monastery

https://canada247.info/explore/ontar...monastery.html

kwoldtimer · #**556** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 1:06 AM**

Interesting how similar the Presbyterian and United (Methodist) churches in Milton look. They were built at almost the same time and one wonders whether they shared the same architect and/or builder?

megadude · #**557** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 3:56 AM**

Wonderfully gothic spires on that Ottawa one mentioned above.

kwoldtimer · #**558** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 2:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by megadude

Wonderfully gothic spires on that Ottawa one mentioned above.

Above Romanesque entrances. Pretty quirky. Beautiful inside though.

Doug · #**559** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 8:02 PM**

Instead of a Great Canadian Church, how about the Real Canadian Superchurch?

It was developed as part of a strip mall and shared architectural details and exterior finishes with the adjacent grocery store. Renovations have "stripped" the mall of historical authenticity, but the Real Canadian Superchurch remains true to its mid 90's design intent.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fo...4d-114.1589463

The Macallan · #**560** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 11:00 PM**

It’s good to see a photo of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Niagara on the Lake. The present church structure was not built by the Loyalists themselves. The original church, built in 1794, was burned down by the Americans in the War of 1812. The present church was built in 1831. The interior has maintained the old gallery, box pews, high pulpit and precentor’s desk.

I think this article about the history of the church is fairly accurate. It also contains a couple of photos of interest.

https://www.niagaranow.com/entertain...yterian-church