Wardsville in Middlesex County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Little Kin Park

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 30, 2025

1. Little Kin Park Marker

Inscription. This park property was once owned by the Anglican Church of Canada. In 1942 the church rectory and sheds were demolished. In 1946 the park property was purchased by the late James G. Little who gifted it to the Kinsmen Club of Wardsville for the purpose of this park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Parks & Recreational Areas • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.

Location. 42° 39.409′ N, 81° 45.345′ W. Marker is in Wardsville, Ontario, in Middlesex County. It is at the intersection of Church Street and Wellington Street, on the right when traveling east on Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 Church Street, Wardsville ON N0L 2N0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

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

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Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wardsville War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Newbury Old Town/Fire Hall (approx. 4.6 kilometers away); The Founding of Newbury (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); Newbury C.N. Station (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); W. Bayne Library (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); Newbury Cenotaph (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); Battle Hill (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Battle of Longwoods (approx. 5.8 kilometers away).

Also see . . . The History of St. James Anglican Church and Cemetery (Glencoe & District Historical Society).

Lots 18 and 19, south of Church Street, were obtained by the Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto by a Bargain and Sale agreement with William Hatelie, et al, on August 22, 1849. This was a year or two after a wooden framed church building had already been constructed on the lot. This is known from a letter penned by Bishop Strachan on May 8, 1848, to Hatelie and the Churchwardens of the Church of Wardsville.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 30, 2025

2. Little Kin Park Marker
He wrote, gentlemen: I have the honour to acknowledge your Memorial of the 2nd instant, in which you state that you have erected a church at Wardsville, Township of Mosa at considerable expense, but that since the erection of said building, you have only had divine service in it every third Sunday.

(Submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Former St. James Anglican Church, Wardsville image. Click for full size.

3. Former St. James Anglican Church, Wardsville

Source: Glencoe and District Historic Society (public domain)

Little Kin Park, 2025 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 30, 2025

4. Little Kin Park, 2025

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.