The church was constructed in 1839, largely with funds raised by Susan Sibbald. The original wooden structure served the Georgiana community until 1877 when the wooden church was replaced with a field stone one.
St. George’s cemetery contains many early settlers and pioneers to the area such as Mossington and Bourchier. A famous Canadian, Stephen Butler Leacock, penned many a famous word while summering on the shores of Sibbald Point.
So many old gravestones! The Chapmans, for example, have been gone for over two hundred years! It's amazing how much detail (and information!) went into the headstones.
This one is cool because it has her signature.
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Very interesting. They have a tour for one of our cemeteries here. It's one of our older ones. I've always wanted to go on it but just haven't had a chance.
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