Journey to St. James the Apostle
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, Fenelon Falls
[Model of First St. James the Apostle Log Church] The journey to St. James the Apostle wasn’t easy – [Picture of Ice Skate circa 1837 owned by John Langton – wooden foot with metal skate curved in front of toes] by canoe or in winter by sleigh. [Video of shore of Blythe Farm on Sturgeon Lake. Video scans up lake to Fenelon River] Anne wrote:
About 10 o’clock, two boats-full put off from the landing, and wended their way up the river to Fenelon Falls, and as soon as
[Drone footage of church hill. On right side you can see original grey stone foundation of log church]
there was an appearance of the congregation assembling, we walked slowly up the hill to our little church.
Anne’s sketchbook was full of images around Fenelon Falls [Miniature charcoal sketch of indigenous encampment at Sturgeon Lake] and surrounding area. Because colour art supplies were unavailable, [miniature charcoal sketch of Maryboro Lodge the home of James Wallis where Anne first stayed when arriving in Fenelon Falls] most of Anne’s works were monochromatic charcoal sketches.