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Mill Bay Historic Church and Cemetery
Located just off the Trans-Canada highway, the Mill Bay Historic Church is a beautiful local landmark. Built in 1897, the quaint Gothic revival church is provincially recognized for its heritage value. The church is the current location of the Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society Museum.
- Closed cemetery
- Church building
- Accessible ramp to the church
The original Mill Bay Church, built in 1897 and opened in 1898, functioned as a Methodist Church until 1925 and as a United Church for many years thereafter. The church is a one-story wood framed building supported on original timber foundation posts on grade over a crawlspace in which remedial work has occurred in the past. The church site was donated by the Sylvan United Church to the CVRD in 2007. The CVRD now owns the church building and cemetery lands and manages the site under the community park program. The cemetery is classified as a closed cemetery therefore no new additions to the grave sites are allowed unless previously reserved.
In 2012 structural renovations occurred to the church that consisted of raising the church and putting in a foundation and crawl space as well as upgrading the electrical system and installing a 2000 gallon cistern for a water supply to the washroom. In 2013 the church washroom was upgraded to current building code standards and a wheelchair accessible ramp was constructed.
The Mill Bay Church currently houses a museum and is used by the Mill Bay-Malahat, Bamberton and Cobble Hill historical societies.
2851 Church Way, Mill Bay. From the Trans-Canada Highway turn east on to Kilmalu Road, right on Church Way. The Mill Bay church and cemetery is located at the end of Church Way beside the highway.