History and Heritage - Georgina - Ontario

St. Georges Anglican Church

Built on the southern shore of Lake Simcoe the congregation welcomes people of all faiths who visit the beautiful stone church and historic cemetery for services or to walk about the scenic grounds.

The church features windows designed and built by the daughters of John Graves Simcoe (the first Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada) and the graceful wood-carvings of the Rev. George Everest.

  The cemetery is the last resting place to Canadian authors Stephen Leacock and Mazo de la Roche. Musical concerts that are held monthly in the summer, present some of the finest talents in Ontario.

 Mazo de la Roche, is a Canadian Author best know for her 16 novels that became the Jalna Series or Whiteoak Chronicles which cover the story of 100 years (1854 to 1954) of the Whiteoak Family. This series has sales of over 11 million copies (193 English and 92 foreign editions). In 1935 RKO Radio Pictures released the Film version of Jalna and in 1972 CBC produced a television series based on her series of books.

Mazo de la Roche,   January 15th 1879 July 12th, 1961

The Church was built in 1877 by the pioneering Sibbald family and is the burial place of  Stephen Leacock  and  Mazo de la Roche source of old pictures wikipedia.org

Stephen Leacock   30th December 1869 28th March 1944