Wesleyan Cemetery
Here at this cemetery at 382 Old Kingston Road is a 1967 Centennial United Church of Canada and Wesleyan Cemetery Board plaque. Also on the site is a Scarborough Arts Council mural with an accompanying plaque and a information panel. First, here's what the cemetery plaque says:
This Highland Creek burying ground dates back to the reign of George III prior to 1800. On this site stood Wesleyan Methodist Church 1865-1891 merged with Bible Christian Methodist Church 1863-1891 which became Centennial Methodist 1891 and later Centennial United Church 1925.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.784147 -79.169637
Photo by Alan L Brown - August 2007
Here's what the mural plaque says:
Community Spirit in Early Highland Creek, Winter 1867 by John Hood, September 1994. This mural recreates a scene showing members of the Highland Creek community working together to build an addition to the Wesley Methodist Chapel in the early winter of 1867. The chapel once stood adjacent to the mural site amongst the tombstones of the pioneer cemetery. Present day residents, businesses and community groups of Highland Creek have joined together with the same spirit of cooperation and vision of their forebears to make this project a reality. Scarborough Arts Council
Photo by Alan L Brown - August 2007
Here's what the mural information panel says:
Building the Addition to the Wesley Methodist Chapel. Highland Creek. Winter 1867. The following is an extract from The Christian Guardian, a Methodist newspaper: "Your numerous readers will be glad to hear of the success of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at the Highland Creek, on the Scarboro' Circuit. The above church was found to be entirely too small for the accommodation of its increasing congregation. The friends therefore decided to put an addition to the church 18 feet by 24 feet. It was re-opened and dedicated to God by divine service last Sabbath..." Scarboro' December 20, 1867. Wm. Tredway. This mural depicts this event as it may have appeared from the northeast corner of this cemetery, looking southwest across Old Kingston Road, in mid November of 1867.
Photo by Alan L Brown - August 2007
Here's the mural.
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