18×24
oil on canvas
available: contact for price
This beautiful wooden church stands upon a high rock overlooking the Saint Lawrence River in Rockport, Ontario, in the heart of the Thousand Islands. Rockport was first settled in 1797, by Scottish & Irish immigrants of Catholic & Presbyterian faiths. The village has a natural harbour marked by a huge, lichen-covered rock outcropping. In 1891, St. Brendan’s Catholic Church was erected on the top of this rock, overlooking the St. Lawrence River. Upon this site, in 1919, Mrs. L. Cornwall commissioned a monument, the “Queen of Peace” and dedicated it to her late husband, Charles Cornwall, who owned the property. St. Brendan’s Catholic Church & the “Queen of Peace” remain a much-loved local landmark within the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River.