Baptist Churches of Lower Canada & Québec Montreal City West Baptist Church St. Laurent, Quebec Lakeside Heights Baptist Church Pointe-Claire, Quebec 1 Baptist Churches of Lower Canada & Québec Compiled and researched by: Jacques Gagné [email protected] 1794-1967 Canadian Baptist Archives McMaster Divinity College 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 – [email protected] 905-525-9140 – option #23511 At the conclusion of this compilation, refer to addresses for the following repositories; * Canadian Baptist Archives (CBA) * Bibliothèque Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) * University of Vermont Baptist Archives (UVM) * Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) * Ancestry.ca (Ancestry.ca) * Quebec Records (Drouin Institut) * Quebec Association of Baptist Churches (QABC) * Union d'églises baptistes francophones au Canada (UEBF) * Eastern Townships Resource Centre - Lennoxville (ETRC) * Library Archives Canada (LAC) * United States Baptist Associations (Early Baptist Missionaries to Lower Canada) This research guide does not contain Baptist churches opened after 1970 in Québec. Acknowledgement for their contribution and guidance: Melissa Richer, former Archivist, Canadian Baptist Archives, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, René Péron, Jean-Louis Lalonde, Richard Lougheed, historians and authors, Joan Benoit, Pennie Redmile, Cecilia Karwowski, Marney MacDonald, Doug Armstrong at the Quebec Family History 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Baptist Churches of Québec ............................................................................................................................. 13 The Baptists in Lower Canada in 1861..................................................................................................................... 13 Cities, Towns, Villages ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Abbott’s Corners ................................................................................................................................................ 13 Abercorn ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 Asbestos – .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Ascot Corner ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Austin ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Avoca ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Ayer's Cliff .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Ayersville ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Bagot.................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Baldwin’s Mills ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Barford Township ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Bedford .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Beebe Plain ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Berthier .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Birchton ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Bolton ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Bourlamaque...................................................................................................................................................... 16 Bristol Corners.................................................................................................................................................... 16 Brome Village ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 Brome West ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Brookbury .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Brownsburg ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 3 Buckingham Township........................................................................................................................................ 17 Bulwer ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Bury Village-Lingwick-Gould ............................................................................................................................... 17 Caldwell’s Manor - Christie Manor - Foucault ..................................................................................................... 17 Calumet.............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Charleston .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Chatham ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Chibougamau ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Christie Manor ................................................................................................................................................... 18 Clarendon .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Clifton Township ................................................................................................................................................ 19 Coaticook ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Compton Village ................................................................................................................................................. 19 Croyden ............................................................................................................................................................. 19 Cushing .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 Dalesville ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 Danville .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Dixville ............................................................................................................................................................... 20 Dunkin Village - West Potton .............................................................................................................................. 20 Durham - L’Avenir .............................................................................................................................................. 21 East Clifton ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 East Farnham ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 East Potton ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 East Templeton .................................................................................................................................................