"Father Pierre Rondeault established a mission to the Cowichan Indians in 1858. In 1870 he built the old stone "Butter Church" on Comiaken Hill. But in 1890 he was forced to abandon that church and build St Ann's just down the road, where the diocese had clear title to the land. The original wooden church built in 1880 was destroyed by fire in 1902 and rebuilt, again as a wooden structure, in 1903. It continues to serve the Cowichan and others in the Duncan area. The oldest grave in the graveyard is dated 1890." - history of St. Ann's from Waymarking.com

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