Watson2, St Gregor & Quill Lake

This journal features 3 communities on Highway 5 east of Humboldt which we visited on our way home. They are St Gregor, Watson (part 2), & Quill Lake. Watson part 1, "Stained glass heaven" covers 3 churches in that town that are full of stained glass windows. The link to that journal is: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/314144/index.html

"Watson" - claims to be the site of the
original Santa Claus Day when a local hardware store owner named...

The old Canadian Bank of Commerce
Building (1906), a pre-fabricated bank building and a national...

The heritage plaque

An old store or shop.
Here's an interesting bit of history - The Watson public cemetery,...

St Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox church
was built in the 1950s.

From the choir loft
Note that it doesn't have an iconostasis (altar screen) like most...

Their mini-church tabernacle
and an icon (painting) of St Michael.

Side wall with banners

Rose window in the choir loft

A pretty banner

"St Gregor" - elevators
are now a seed plant. St. Gregor, located on Hwy 5 east of Humboldt,...

A pretty mural on main street
near the café. St. Gregor was incorporated into a village in 1920....

St Gregory Roman Catholic church
with its 86 foot steeple and stained glass windows, was built in 1923...

From the choir loft

The attractive choir loft

Sampling of the windows
Every window had stained glass.

The rose window in the choir loft

Window over the main entrance

Pretty column capitals

Their stations of the cross

Baptism basin is locally made pottery

Last supper painting by local area
resident Wilfred Mollenbeck.

He painted this one too

"Quill Lake" - their Canada Goose
roadside attraction. Because the village is right in the middle of the Canada...

The mural
The village of Quill Lake, population about 400, is located on Hwy 5 east of...

United church (1966?)
The current Anglican church was their former home until 1966.

St Michael's Anglican church
Apparently, this was the United Church building from 1907 to 1966 when...

Watson2, St Gregor & Quill Lake

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