Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canada
Otonabee - Bethel Church


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Fife, Patterson, & Edwards – The Centenary Record in Preaching Services in Bethel Otonabee – 1928 PCMA 67-010

            This church grew out of meetings in the Fife home (Otonabee C4 L22) and later in a school (Speirs School, at Otonabee C4 L20, built in 1831)


            1843                                        congregation started

            1843 - 1853                            met at Speirs School (could have met there before 1843)

            1853                                        church built on land donated by Andrew Shearer

            1855 - 1874                            see Keene Circuit

            1874                                        to Methodist Church of Canada as part of Keene Circuit