Here's a brochure available inside the Church.
Below are a few photos I have taken over the years of the church and other misc. images of interest.
Below: After an ice storm - the Barachois Inn sits to the left of the church.
Below Photo:s from on an early spring day.
Below: the Parochial House - built around 1850.
Below: Image of St. Augustine church from Meecham's 1880 Atlas.
Below: displays from the Farmers Bank Museum.
Below: Convent at Rustico adjacent to St. Augustine Church - burned in early 1930's.
The Present Convent built in 1932. Today used as a place of retreat, called Belcourt Centre.
Below: old photo taken in the backyard of the present day Barachois Inn.
Below: Earliest known photos of the church. cf. Farmers Bank Museum.
Below: My sketch of this historic area of Rustico.
Below: St. Augustine Church and the Farmers Bank Museum.
Below: Pioneer Cemetery with St. Augustine in the background.
Thank you Carter for having this here.
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ReplyDeleteWondered if anyone had details about a pioneer cemetery in north Rustico. I recently found a marking with coordinates in a PEI Atlas. It seems there are no stones but i wondered if it is french catholic as well. It would be nice if someone marked the spot again.