Shelburne County Churches

Old Wooden Meeting House
Barrington, Nova Scotia
This meeting house, built by the original grantees in 1765, is the oldest non-conformist Protestant meeting house in Canada. The first minister, Rev. Samuel Wood, a Congregationalist, served for five years. The first Methodist minister, Freeborn Garretson, preached there in 1786. An intriguing feature of this meeting house was the placement of sun dials on the eastern and western gables. It was said that people would know the noon hour from afar by the flash of the sun on the western gable.

Church records available on microfilm through the LDS:

Church	Records	Years	LDS Film Number
St. George's Christ Church Shelburne, Shelburne, NS	Baptisms Marriages Burials	1783-1813 1783-1813 1783-1867	1378309..Item 34
St. Patrick's Christ Church Shelburne, Shelburne, NS	Baptisms Marriages Burials	1813-1871 1813-1862 1867-1920	1378310
Christ Church Anglican Church Shelburne, Shelburne, NS	Baptisms Marriages Burials	1783-1869 1783-1869 1783-1869	1012328..Item 4

Information on this page provided by Frank W. Daniels

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