Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1983.002.007g |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A hill in the Cowichan Lake area. Depicts wooden buildings and some people in a field. Father Rondeault's church, known as "The Stone Butter Church", is under construction. c.1870. |
Image File Name |
1870 - Old Stone Church - Cowichan Lake - 1983002007g - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1870/ / |
Place |
Cowichan Bay |
Provenance |
Images were once framed in sets of three, found in collection but once owned by Gerry Wellburn. Removed from frame September 2020. Copies, not original photographs. Father Rondeault arrived from Quebec in 1858 and built his congregation in the Cowichan Valley. He was conversant in Chinook Jargon and the Old Stone Church is located on the Cowichan Indian Reserve. Father Rondeault built the building himself with material donated from the local First Nations (From: heritageBC). |
Search Terms |
Father Rondeault Stone Butter Church Cowichan Bay First Nations Pioneer multiculturalism |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
Subjects |
Buildings & Structures |