Sainte-Marie Church

Sainte-Marie Church

Marvel at the largest wooden church in North America! Closed in 2023. 

Completed in 1905, this grand building was built in only two years by master carpenter Leo Melanson, helped by 1,500 parishioners. Its design is inspired by the famous castles of France’s Loire Valley.

Did you know that the steeple contains 40 tonnes of stone ballast to stabilize it against strong winds, or that the church used to be even taller?

Sainte-Marie Church houses two exhibit rooms displaying artifacts of the region’s rich religious past, such as a reliquary handcrafted by a local Acadian artist, liturgical vestments and objects used to celebrate mass and administer sacraments.

Watch this video - filmed and produced in October 2021, as part of the campaign to save the church.

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Address: 1713 Highway 1, Church Point, Nova Scotia