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Latter-day Saint Settlements In Canada
{{LDSpolygamy The following communities were founded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta: * 1887 — Cardston * 1888 — Aetna * 1890 — Mountain View * 1891 — Beazer * 1893 — Leavitt * 1897 — Kimball * 1898 — Caldwell, Magrath, Stirling, Taylorville * 1901 — Orton, Raymond * 1902 — Frankburg, Taber * 1908 — Glenwood * 1910 — Hillspring The following communities were founded by LDS Church members or missionaries: * Woolford * Jefferson * Del Bonita See also * Mormon colonies in Mexico * Mormon Corridor * Mormon Trail (Canada) * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Since its organization in New York in 1830, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada. The church's first missionaries to preach outside of the United States preached in Upper Canada; the first stak ... External links Multicultural CanadaCanada, LDS Pioneer Settlements in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the One true church#Latter Day Saint movement, original church founded by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in the United States in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built Temple (LDS Church), temples worldwide. According to the church, it has over 16.8 million the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics, members and 54,539 Missionary (LDS Church), full-time volunteer missionaries. The church is the Christianity in the United States, fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 6.7 million US members . It is the List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenwood, Alberta
Glenwood is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the Town of Cardston, in Cardston County. The village was named for a man named Edward Glen Wood. The founder of the village was Edward J. Wood, successor to Latter Day Saint leader Charles Ora Card, the founder of Cardston. Both Glen and Edward Wood were from Salt Lake City, Utah, and are buried in Cardston. The old name for the village was Glenwoodville until 1979. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Glenwood had a population of 272 living in 104 of its 124 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 316. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Glenwood recorded a population of 316 living in 107 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 287. With a land area of , it had a population densi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for ; to the east at 110° west by the province of Saskatchewan for ; and at 60° north the Northwest Territories for . The southern half of the province borders British Columbia along the Continental Divide of the Americas on the peaks of the Rocky Mountains, while the northern half borders British Columbia along the 120th meridian west. Along with Saskatchewan it is one of only two landlocked provinces or territories. Terrain Alberta's landscape is marked by the impact of the Wisconsin Glaciation, about 75,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the entire future province was covered in ice. As the ice sheet receded, the landscape was changed, and large amounts of glacial till were left behind. The southern portion consists chiefly of plains that are almost entirely treeless. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormonism And Polygamy
Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families. Today, various denominations of fundamentalist Mormonism continue to practice polygamy. The Latter-day Saints' practice of polygamy has been controversial, both within Western society and the LDS Church itself. The U.S. was both fascinated and horrified by the practice of polygamy, with the Republican platform at one time referencing "the twin relics of barbarism—polygamy and slavery." The private practice of polygamy was instituted in the 1830s by founder Joseph Smith. The public practice of plural marriage by the church was announced and defended in 1852 by a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Orson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latter-day Saint Settlements In Canada
{{LDSpolygamy The following communities were founded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta: * 1887 — Cardston * 1888 — Aetna * 1890 — Mountain View * 1891 — Beazer * 1893 — Leavitt * 1897 — Kimball * 1898 — Caldwell, Magrath, Stirling, Taylorville * 1901 — Orton, Raymond * 1902 — Frankburg, Taber * 1908 — Glenwood * 1910 — Hillspring The following communities were founded by LDS Church members or missionaries: * Woolford * Jefferson * Del Bonita See also * Mormon colonies in Mexico * Mormon Corridor * Mormon Trail (Canada) * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Since its organization in New York in 1830, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada. The church's first missionaries to preach outside of the United States preached in Upper Canada; the first stak ... External links Multicultural CanadaCanada, LDS Pioneer Settlements in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints In Canada
Since its organization in New York in 1830, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada. The church's first missionaries to preach outside of the United States preached in Upper Canada; the first stake to be established outside of the U.S. was the Alberta Stake; and the Cardston Alberta Temple was the first church temple built outside of the boundaries of the United States. With the church reporting 200,000 members at year-end 2019, Canada ranks as having the 4th largest body of members of the LDS Church in North America and the 12th worldwide. The 2021 Canadian Census survey reported approximately 0.2% of the population (about 87,725 people) identified themselves as church members. Early missionary contacts In the winter of 1829–30, Oliver Cowdery and Hiram Page visited Upper Canada while seeking money to finance the publication of the Book of Mormon. After the publication of the Book of Mormon in March 1830, the unbaptized convert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormon Trail (Canada)
Canada's Mormon Trail has a variety of National Historic Sites, Provincial Historic Sites and many points of interest that display the unique cultural heritage the Mormons have had in the settling of Southern Alberta. The Mormon Trail begins with the Village Stirling and follows highway 52 and highway 3 to Cardston. Communities along the trail; (see also LDS Settlements in Canada) * Village of Stirling * Town of Raymond * Hamlet of Welling * Town of Magrath * Hamlet of Spring Coulee * Hamlet of Woolford * Town of Cardston * Hamlet of Leavitt * Village of Mountain View Historical Sites and points of interest; (see also List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling, Alberta) *Stirling Agricultural Village - National Historic Site *Galt Historic Railway Park, Stirling *Michelsen Farmstead, Stirling * William T. Ogden House *Raymond Museum *Raymond Golf club *Farm Safety Centre, Raymond *Galt Canal Nature Trail, Magrath - National Historic Site *Magrath Golf Club * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormon Colonies In Mexico
The Mormon colonies in Mexico are settlements located near the Sierra Madre mountains in northern Mexico which were established by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) beginning in 1885. The colonists came to Mexico due to federal attempts to curb and prosecute polygamy in the United States. Plural marriage, as polygamous relationships were called by church members, was an important tenet of the church—although it was never practiced by a majority of the membership. The towns making up the colonies were situated in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and were all within roughly 200 miles (322 km) south of the US border. By the early 20th century, many of these settlements were relatively prosperous. However, in the summer of 1912, the colonies were evacuated en masse because of anti-American sentiment during the Mexican Revolution. Most of the colonists left for the United States and never returned, although a small group of Latter-da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Bonita, Alberta
Del Bonita is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located approximately south of Magrath at the junction of Highway 62 and Highway 501. Due to its location near the Canada–United States border, it serves as a port of entry into the U.S. state of Montana at the nearby Del Bonita Border Crossing which is located to the south. Del Bonita is a name derived from Spanish meaning "of the pretty". Del Bonita lies at an elevation of , on Shanks Creek, which flows into Shanks Lake and further east into the Milk River. Del Bonita/Whetstone International Airport is located south of the settlement, on the Canada–United States border. Demographics The population of Del Bonita according to the 2008 municipal census conducted by Cardston County is 6. Attractions Various buildings and artifacts from the Whiskey Gap ghost town have been moved to Del Bonita, including the Whiskey Gap Oil Shed and the Huey Gum Restaurant, Pool Hall and Rooms. Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson, Alberta
Jefferson (also known as Owendale) is an unincorporated community within Cardston County, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ..., Canada. It community is located approximately southeast of Cardston, Alberta, Cardston, which is home to Cardston County's municipal office. Government The community itself has no government such as a mayor or councillors. It is administered by the Cardston County. History One of Jefferson's two services at this point in time is an unmanned postal box outlet (Rural Route 2 Site 10). It shares the same postal code as Cardston (List of T Postal Codes of Canada, T0K 0K0), and in fact, mail going to the Jefferson area is addressed to Cardston - as Jefferson-bound mail is sorted at Cardston - then delivered to Jefferson by Canada P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolford, Alberta
Woolford is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located on Highway 503, approximately southeast of Cardston between the St. Mary River and the Milk River Ridge. It is named after Thomas Woolford who came to the area in 1900. Demographics Woolford recorded a population of 13 in the 1986 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada. Woolford Flat Woolford Flat is located one mile northeast of present-day Woolford on Highway 503. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a subdivision from Raley to Whiskey Gap in 1910 bypassing original town site of Woolford leaving the settlement stranded from any railway services. The community was then divided into two town sites. The original town site became "Woolford Flat" and the new town site placed along the railway kept the old name "Woolford". Woolford Flat consisted of the school house, the L.D.S. Church and three private residences. Woolford consisted of a Chinese restaurant, a two-story genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
