Rice LakeA History of the Rice Lake Indians by Mary Jane Muskratte Simpson
Missionaries to the Indians
Grape Island
Peter Jones Collection
Victoria University Library
An island occupied by Indians, in the Bay of Quinte, in front of the Township of Sarnestown, County of Addington, Ontario. The first attempts ever made for the conversion of the Mississauga Indians on this island was in the winter of 1825-26 when the devoted William Case and Peter Jones introduced the gospel to them.. In the spring of 1826, Peter Jones and others from the Credit Mission made them another visit, and explained and enforced the Gospel claims. Several were awakened, among them John Sunday, a man who proved to be of historic worth. On the 31st May, 1826, the first society of converted Indians in Canada was organized.
The Board of Home Missions of the United Church of Canada gives the following list of early missionaries to the Indians at Grape Island.
| 1827 | Solomon Waldron, Richard Phelps |
| 1828 | William Smith |
| 1829 - 30 - 31 | Supplied from Belleville |
| 1832 | William Case |
| 1833 | Supplied from Belleville |
| 1834 | Jonathan Scott |
| 1835 | John Sunday |
| 1836 | Sylvester Hurlburt |
Alderville An Indian village in the township of Alnwick, named after the Rev. Robert Alder, one of the Missionary Secretaries of the British Wesleyan Missionary Society.
| 1837 | William Case, John Sunday |
| 1838 | William Case, John Sunday |
| 1840 to 1846 | William Case alone |
| 1847 and 1848 | William Case and William Ames |
| 1849 | William Case alone |
| 1850 | William Case, George McDougall |
| 1851 | William Case alone |
| 1852 to 1854 | Case and James Musgrove |
In 1855 the Mission divided and the name changed. The portion embracing the white membership was called Alnwick Circuit, and the Indian membership and work was called Alnwick Mission.
Alnwick Mission
| 1855 | James Musgrove, William Case |
| 1856 | Sylvester Hurlburt, John Sunday |
| 1857 to 1863 | Hurlburt and Sunday |
| 1864-1866 | David B. Madden, John Sunday |
| 1867-1868 | D. B. Madden alone |
| 1869-1871 | James A. Ivison |
In 1871 Alnwick Circuit was again united with the Indian work, and the Mission again designated by the old name of,
Alderville
| 1872 | William Andrews, Charles W. Haskins |
| 1873 | W. Andrews and Frank Keam |
| 1874 | W. Andrews alone |
| 1875-1880 | Robert Brooking |
| 1881 | George Jacques |
| 1882 | Jos. C. Bell - Alderville attached to Fenella |
| 1885 | John Davies |
| 1888 | John Lawrence - Missionary-Teacher |
| 1894 | Philip Sparling Mr. Sparling died March 5, 1896. He was 76. |
| 1896 | Wm. Tomblin, he was a superannuated Minister |
| 1902-1907 | No names given, simply "supply", evidently a teacher. |
| 1908 | F. J. Joblin - Teacher |
| 1921 | F. J. Dodson - Teacher |
| 1924 | the Rev G. H. Wilding |
| 1929 | Served with Roseneath, to 1942 |
| 1942 | H. Lander |
| 1950 | the Rev. J. N. Lovelace |