Historic Holy Trinity Anglican church vital part of Winnipeg's past, should remain in its future

Historic Holy Trinity Anglican church vital part of Winnipeg's past, should remain in its future

On what was described as a “calm and beautiful afternoon” in mid-August of 1883, the people of Winnipeg stopped to celebrate the laying of a cornerstone for a building that was to be unlike anything ever seen in the Canadian west. The event was so important that a full transcript of the ceremony was published in the next day’s newspaper. Only 11 months later, Holy Trinity Anglican Church would open its doors at what was then the edge of the open…