testimony to the quality of materials and workmanship of the builders.

The fact that the Selkirk settlers waited more than two decades before building their church should not be interpreted as a lack of Christian devotion. Before the building of the Church and the hiring of the first resident Minister, Rev. John MacLennan, the spiritual needs of the settlers were tended to by Dr. Angus MaCAulay, a medical doctor and

Courtesy Belfast Consolidated School

Dr. Angus MacAulay, physician and chaplain, accompanied the Selkirk settlers to Prince Edward Island.

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