St. Ann's Church -- Penetanguishene
St. Ann's Church where one of the twoprizes of war is still on display.
GPS: N 44° 46' 04" W 79° 56' 09"
Civic Address: 28 Robert Street W, Penetanguishene, Ontario L9M 1N2
Directions: Hwy 93 into Penetang, turns into Main Street; turn Left at Robert Street W; destination on Left.
Description: After the Tigress and the Scorpion had been captured and allowed to sink at their moorings in Penetanguishene harbour, the ship's bells were removed as prizes of war.
St. Ann's church in Penetang was the first shrine built in memory of the Canadian Jesuit Missionary Martyrs. The style is late Romanesque, and the church is sometimes referred to as The Cathedral of the North.
There were four bells in the tower with the oldest and smallest one dating to 1799 and reputed to have been take from one of the two warships captured from the Americans and is currently on display in the chapel. The other prize of war still in use in the St. James On-The-Line Church in Penetang.
The three larger bells can be heard every day at 8:00am, noon and 9:00pm.
Civic Address: 28 Robert Street W, Penetanguishene, Ontario L9M 1N2
Directions: Hwy 93 into Penetang, turns into Main Street; turn Left at Robert Street W; destination on Left.
Description: After the Tigress and the Scorpion had been captured and allowed to sink at their moorings in Penetanguishene harbour, the ship's bells were removed as prizes of war.
St. Ann's church in Penetang was the first shrine built in memory of the Canadian Jesuit Missionary Martyrs. The style is late Romanesque, and the church is sometimes referred to as The Cathedral of the North.
There were four bells in the tower with the oldest and smallest one dating to 1799 and reputed to have been take from one of the two warships captured from the Americans and is currently on display in the chapel. The other prize of war still in use in the St. James On-The-Line Church in Penetang.
The three larger bells can be heard every day at 8:00am, noon and 9:00pm.
Prize of war from either the Scorpion or Tigress is still on display in the Chapel.
