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Our history
This is a brief History of the Devon Mission that outlines the foundation on which this church began. We remember and give honour to our history and the people's of the Treaty 5 land on which we are located.

Sir John Franklin
- noted area during the Arctic Exploration in 1819
- came back in 1825
The Reverend Henry Budd
- sent in 1840
- first indigenous Anglican ordained minister


The Reverend John Smithurst
- came in 1842
The Reverend James Hunter
- came in 1844


Sir John Richardson
- wintered here in 1846-47 as part of the rescue party looking for the lost Sir John Franklin
Bishop Anderson
- came in 1850

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