The Anglican Diocese of Keewatin administers the parishes in its region. Created from portions of the diocese of Moosonee and Rupert’s Land, the Diocese of Keewatin stretches along the the western edge of Hudson Bay. It was created as it was difficult for the bishops of Rupert’s Land and Moosonee to minister there, and that the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad bought many white settlers to the southern portion of these regions. 1933 saw the territoy north of Churchill transfer to the Diocese of the Arctic, and on March 1st 2008, the Diocese passed a resolution that the area in northern Manitoba and Ontario be used to create an Indigenous-led diocese. As a result, the new diocese called Indigenus Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh was created in June 2014 and on December 31, 2014, the Diocese of Keewatin shut down. Its northern territory was ceeded to Mishamikoweesh and the sourthern parts were transfered to the Diocese of Rupert’s Land.
During the Residential School System, Pelican Lake Residential School operated within diocesan boundaries. Built in 1924 at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Pelican Lake was operated by the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) until 1969, when the Governement of Canada took over operations of all residential schools. Pelican Lake closed its doors in 1978.
1905-2003