Wednesday, August 4, 1999 — North Shore News — 13

Happy birthday, St. John’s

Katharine Hamer
Contributing Writer

ST. John’s Anglican
Church, one of the
oldest on the North
Shore, is celebrating its
100th birthday this
year.

The only church older
than St. John’s is St. Paul’s
Catholic Church on the
Squamish band reserve, “but
they’re a mission church,”
says St. John’s parish secre-
tary Beth Lawrence, “we
were the first parish church.”

According to parish priest
June Massin, parishioners
come from as far away as
Langley to attend services at
St. John’s. Massin says it’s

“wonderful to be parish
priest of 2 church at the end
of a century and to take it
into the new century...it’s
quite humbling.”

At the turn of the century,
only a handful of families
lived in the central Lonsdale
neighbourhood —— but they’
were all part of the Church of
England flock. There were, at
the time, few roads in the
area, and ferry services from
Vancouver did not run on
Sundays. From 1899-1900,
therefore, dedicated ministers
from St. Paul’s Church came
across by rowboat to conduct
services.

When it becaine clear that
a local church should be con-
structed, property was donat-
ed by Edward Mahon (name-
sake of the North Vancouver

‘ street) at the corner of 8th
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Nerth Vancouver holds a photograph of the

Harold John Underhill, who served the church from 1859 to 1906.

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