Rev. James Nisbet: Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville.
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- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Born in 1823 in Glasgow, Scotland. Minister of the united congregations of Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville and Sixteen Mile Creek, 1850-1862. In 1866, he led a party of pioneers that included his wife Mary (MacBeth) Nisbet, to the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan area to found a mission to bring Christianity to the prairie Indian nations. It was he who named the community after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in honour of the deceased 1861 husband of Queen Victoria.
- Date of Original
- c1860
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- KNOXOAK00003 & G-3016-FC
- Geographic Coverage
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Saskatchewan, Canada
Latitude: 53.2 Longitude: -105.76666
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain. Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Knox Presbyterian Church, OakvilleEmail:office@knoxoakville.com
Website:
Agency street/mail address:89 Dunn Street, Oakville ON L6J 3C8
Phone: 905-844-3472
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