Columbia Coast Mission
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- Dates of Material
- 1907-1974
- Material Type
- microfilm
- Extent
- 16 reels
- Exposure
- positive
- Dimensions
- 35 mm
- Administrative / Biographical History
- The Columbia Coast Mission was founded in 1904 on the British Columbia coast by John Antle (1865-1949), a Newfoundland priest, deep-sea navigator and yachtsman. Antle was commissioned by the Dioceses of Columbia and New Westminster to explore the possibilities of a mission among the lumber camps on the islands and mainland of northern B.C. In 1905, the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada gave a grant to cover the cost of Antle's first mission ship "Columbia". This ship served as a dispensary, a consulting room, an emergency ward or an ambulance, a travelling library and a chapel. In a few short years as superintendent, Antle had established seven mission ships and five mission hospitals in the area. The mission provided both physical and spiritual service to the isolated communities. It ceased activities in 1982, but still distributes various funds held in its name.
- Scope and Content
- Microfilm consists of correpondence, financial records, property records, minute books, parish records, log books, annual reports, photographs, plans, cartographic materials.
- Finding Aids
- Finding aid available. See Microfilm collections - Columbia Coast Mission
- Related Fonds
- Columbia Coast Mission fonds
- Associated Material
- Records of the Columbia Coast Mission are also located in the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon.
- Personal Name
- Antle, John, 1865-1949
- Corporate Name
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of New Westminster
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Columbia
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of British Columbia
- Geographic_name
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- Mf 78-15