Collingwood in Simcoe County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
St. Mary's Collingwood, 1858
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024
1. St. Mary's Collingwood, 1858 Marker
Parish History:
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In the 1640's Jesuit Fathers worked among the Petun Indians in the Collingwood area, the western limit of their Huronia mission field.
From the 1830's priests from Penetanguishene said mass occasionally in communities near the southern shore of Georgian Bay. In 1855 with the coming of the railway from Barrie, priests served Collingwood more regularly.
On March 14 1858, Bishop De Charbonnel of Toronto blessed the first Catholic Church in Collingwood on Pine Street. Originally served from Barrie, it became part of the new parish of Nottawasaga in 1871. In 1886, the pastor, Rev. Edward J. Kiernan, moved from Stayner to Collingwood and began the present church. The cornerstone was laid May 24, 1888, by Bishop T.J.Dowling of Peterborough. The Church was blessed December 16, 1888, by Very Rev. R.A. OConnor, Dean of Barrie.
Just east of this church, a Catholic School was built in 1907, which served until 1970 when a new school opened on Findlay Drive. Joined to the Church is the Fr. Ellard Centre, blessed January 25, 1981 by Bishop M. Pearce Lacey, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto.
This plaque was blessed and dedicated by His Eminence, G. Emmett Cardinal Carter, Archbishop of Toronto, on May 15, 1983.
Erected 1983 by The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto.
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Location. 44° 29.982′ N, 80° 12.848′ W. Marker is in Collingwood, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It is on Elgin Street just north of Ontario Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located beside the walkway on the right side of St. Mary's front entrance on Elgin Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 63 Elgin Street, Collingwood ON L9Y 3L6, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Ontario Cottage Country and specifically in Georgian Bay Country. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Charles Garnier, SJ (here, next to this marker); Collingwood World War I Cenotaph (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Northern Railway Company of Canada (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Associated Country Women of the World / L'union mondiale des femmes rurales (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); North-West Mounted Police Departure Point (approx. one kilometer away); The Muirhead Cabin
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024
2. St. Mary's Collingwood, 1858 Marker
The marker is on the right side of St. Mary's front entrance.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024
3. Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church (southwest elevation)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 28, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
