Katherine Bickford

Harbourville United Church – home to the North Mountain United Tapestry

In 1857 John Lathcrn. a ‘second man’ to the Methodist pastor in the Cornwallis district, developed an interest in the Fundy Shore. Three years later the church in Harbourville was designed by Rev. George Butcher, a Methodist pastor, and built by John Clark. Construction costs were approximately $1000.00 and the church opened for use in 1860.

In 1925. the little Methodist church became the Harbourville United Church and to this day is part of the charge ministered from Berwick United.

In 2013 community concerns regarding the future of the historic church building inspired a group of volunteers to create and present a proposal to the United Church of Canada. The proposal was simple – the group would form a heritage and cultural society which would maintain the church building and offer it to the community as a welcoming meeting place. In return, the United Church of Canada would allow the building to be identified as the home of the North Mountain United Tapestry.