British Columbia

British Columbia
Location of British Columbia

British Columbia is a province in the country of Canada.

History[edit]

The first Bahá'í to visit British Columbia was Thornton Chase who made a business trip to Victoria in May, 1908.[1] Mariella C. Ladd Oldendorf moved to the railroad town of Benson Siding in 1910 and established a Bahá'í group there which was recognized by the Bahá'í Temple Unity in 1918.[2]

Howard MacNutt visited Vancouver in 1913, and Marion Jack visited Vancouver in 1920, and arranged for other Bahá'í teachers to hold talks and meetings in the city resulting in a small Bahá'í community being established.[3] The second Local Spiritual Assembly in Canada was established in Vancouver in January, 1927.[4]

Twenty-one percent of Canadians to become Bahá’ís between 1913 and 1927 declared in Vancouver,[5] however there were only five Bahá'ís in British Columbia outside of Vancouver by 1937.[6]

Muriel Warnicker, a Bahá'í and singer, held firesides in Vancouver which were attended by residents of the nearby municipality of West Vancouver and eventually lead to the establishment of a Local Spiritual Assembly of West Vancouver in April, 1948.[7] A Local Spiritual Assembly of Victoria was also formed in 1948.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 34
  2. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 34
  3. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 123
  4. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, pp 125
  5. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 83
  6. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 122
  7. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 183
  8. ↑ Hoonaard, W.C.; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948; Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, p 308
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