St. Paul's Anglican Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style

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church building located on the corner of Front and Church streets in

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, Canada. Built of wood in 1902, it once served as the cathedral of the

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until the diocesan

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was moved to Whitehorse in 1953. Its steep pitched roof, its pointed arch entry through its belfry tower and its

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s are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. St. Paul's was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on June 1, 1989. St. Paul's Anglican Church website
/ref> St. Paul's is still an active parish in the Diocese of Yukon. The Ven. Laurie Munro is its incumbent priest, while the Rev. Percy Henry is its deacon. Lay Ministers are Mabel Henry, Shirley Pennell and Betty Davidson.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Pauls Anglican Church, Dawson City, Yukon Churches completed in 1902 20th-century Anglican church buildings in Canada National Historic Sites in Yukon Anglican church buildings in Yukon Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Canada Former cathedrals in Canada Buildings and structures in Dawson City Churches in Yukon Churches on the National Historic Sites of Canada register 1902 establishments in Yukon Anglican Province of British Columbia and Yukon