memories of 1870

[piranha]

butter church, comiaken hill, cowichan bay the photo is processed. :) black and white looks much more "right" for how the place felt. it's desolate.

this stone church was built 1870 by a father rondeault. it was financed by the sale of butter from the church dairy herd which the good father allegedly churned himself, and it's therefore known as "the butter church". church politics lead to the abandonment of the building in favour of nearby st. ann’s -- i am curious what those politics were because st. ann's is really close, and it makes no sense to me to build another church this close when people from as far as shawnigan came to worship here.

the windows and doors of the butter church were taken to saltspring island were they remain in st. paul’s church -- i gotta go check that out. there were no wooden pews, the congregation sat on mats on the floor back then.

walklog:

04-30 somenos marsh, somenos garry oak preserve; butter church 2.57 km 1:32. the garry oak preserve is gorgeous. so small, but beautiful. must write a separate post on it.