Old Trinity 1842-1881

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 12, 2005

Plaque Location

The County of Lambton
The Township of St. Clair
In a cemetery at the end of a narrow dirt road running east from the St. Clair Parkway at address 1398, between Mooretown and Courtright.

Plaque Text

The first Anglican church in Lambton was built on this site 1841-42 and, for many years, its bright tin steeple served as a guide to mariners on the St. Clair River. The land was donated by Thomas Sutherland who had founded the community of Sutherland's Landing (now Mooretown) in 1833. The first rector was the Reverend Alexander Pyne, and it was consecrated by Bishop John Strachan in 1845. In 1863 a new church was built and the original Trinity demolished in 1881.