St. John's Anglican Church is a historic

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church building located at 8 Church Road in

Peggys Cove Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, St. Margarets Bay in the Halifax Regional Municipality, which is the site of Peggys Cove Lighthouse (established 1868). Geography Peggy's C ...

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. Built in 1893–94 of wood, St. John's is the only church in Peggys Cove. Its steep pitched roof, board and

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siding and

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s are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. The church contains two murals painted in 1963 by noted Canadian artist and local resident William E. deGarthe. St. John's is a municipally registered

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within the

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as designated on February 22, 1993. The designation encompasses both the church building and the land on which it is located. St. John's is part of St. Peter's Parish in the

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. St. John's is open for visitors 6 days a week from June till October, staffed by volunteers. The current Priest-in-Charge of the parish (St Peter's, Hackett's Cove) is the Rev'd Taunya Dawson, MA, MDiv.St. Peter's Parish website
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Parish of St. Peter's Church
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