[2] The church was founded on land donated by Captain Daniel Rapelje, the founder of St.

One of the earliest churches in the Talbot Settlement, the building is an example of Gothic Revival architecture.

[1] The church is surrounded by a pioneer cemetery with many notable grave sites both nationally recognized and locally significant.

The oldest grave site is that of Daniel Rapelje’s son George in 1819;[9] the newest are modern.

Nationally significant sites include that of Judge Hugh Richardson, who in 1885 sentenced Louis Riel to death.