Peel United Baptist Church

The area around Peel was first settled in the 1790s but the first church was organised on Saturday, July 14, 1804 by Reverend Joseph Crandall. The congregation met in log homes and had various preachers visit and speak to them through the years.

 The Union Meeting House was built and dedicated in June 1897. In May of 1901, following a theological dispute, it was decided that a new church would be built to house a congregation of Calvinist Baptists.

 A building site was needed, and it so happened the most desirable location belonged to a businessman with little interest in church. He refused to sell the land, but the committee communicating with him regarding the sale of the land consisted of a young lady who was very persistent in her entreaties. He informed her the only possible terms by which she could get the land was to kiss him on the mouth. It is unclear what actually happened, but the next morning the ground was staked off and the building material gathered.

In the summer of 1901 the windows were put into the Baptist Church. On June 4, 1903, the church was dedicated. In 1905, following the union of Baptists in the Maritimes, the Peel Church became Peel United Baptist Church.

On September 23, 1945, the church was rededicated after being painted inside and out. During the summer 1948, a basement was built, and the church moved the week of December 12th.  

Peel United Baptist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary on Saturday June 28, 2003.