Rugby Chapel is a municipal historic site which is part of the
University of Saskatchewan
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(U of S). The U of S is the largest education institution in the
Canadian
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province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. The University of Saskatchewan location next to the
South Saskatchewan River
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was across from the
city centre
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of
Saskatoon
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. In 1879, the Rt. Rev. John McLean started a schooling system in Prince Albert which was renamed the University of Saskatchewan in 1883. In 1909, when the University of Saskatchewan was established in Saskatoon, Emmanuel College moved its college buildings to Saskatoon.
The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at Rugby Chapel.
[stained glass at Rugby Chapel http://stainedglasscanada.ca/site.php?site=98 ]
City of Saskatoon Plaque
Rugby Chapel
Rugby Chapel built in 1912 with funds raised by the students in Rugby School
Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...
in England, served as the major place of worship for Emmanuel College, until the opening of St. Chad's Chapel in 1966, and still serves as a place of education and worship.
A wooden version of an English Stone-built church, the chapel has a wooden vault support structure, gothic windows and a Norman tower over the porch.
Rugby Chapel is a symbol of the importance of the Anglican Church and the British people in the early development of the West and of the contribution made by Emmanuel College (now the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad) to theological education in Western Canada.
University of Saskatchewan plaque
Rugby Chapel
1912
The gift of the students and staff of Rugby School, England, Rugby Chapel was erected by the students of Emmanuel College under the leadership of George Exton Lloyd, M.A., Principal, 1908-1916.
Rugby Chapel replaced an earlier chapel, built in 1909, and served as the chapel of Emmanuel College until the erection of the Chapel of St. Chad in 1966.
Memorials within the Chapel record the service of pioneer workers and of men who gave their lives in the two world wars.
In Aeternum Domine Verbum Tuum Permanet
1970
Nearby
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College Building on the
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...
campus was designated an official
National Historic Site of Canada
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.
*Victoria One Room school House moved to the
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...
campus was designated an official heritage site.
See also
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University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...
Footnotes
External links
Emmanuel College / Rugby ChapelOfficial Site University of Saskatchewan
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Churches in Saskatoon
Churches completed in 1916
20th-century churches in Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Educational institutions established in 1912
1912 establishments in Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan buildings and structures