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- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds
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1871-1902 (Creation)
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- Methodist Indian Mission (Chilliwack, B.C.)
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2 cm of textual records
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Methodist missionaries began visiting white settlers and Indigenous camps in the Chilliwack area in the late 1860s. One of the earliest Methodist meetings at an Indigenous camp in Chilliwack was held in 1869. Annual camp meetings, often lasting several days, were a means of reaching the local Indigenous populations as well as many other Indigenous nations and Indigenous communities. The enthusiasm of the first camp meeting in 1869 led to the building of the first church in the Chilliwack Valley at Atchelitz, where the camp meetings were held. In the late 1800s a new church was built in Skowkale. The Chilliwack camp meetings continued annually for forty years.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of Baptismal register (1878-1902), Marriage register (1878-1902), Burial register (1878-1902); and Trustees minutes (1871-1881).
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Accession was not documented; records were received prior to 2006
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- English
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Access to vital event records (baptism/marriage/burial records) may be restricted according to requirements of the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act
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Title contains historical terms that some may consider offensive. Although it does not reflect today's sensibilities, the title is being maintained because it contains the official name or designation of the body that created the records at their time of creation, and it provides evidence of the attitudes and usage of that period.
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BCAUL control number: UCCBC-379
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Created prior to June 2010
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- English