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Edward Francis Wilson
1844–1915
An Anglican missionary, educator, and prolific writer, he is remembered for documenting his work with Indigenous communities in Canada and for founding the Shingwauk and Wawanosh homes. His books and reports offer a direct window into the religious and social attitudes of late 19th-century Canada.
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Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
by Edward Francis Wilson
About the author
Born in England in 1844, he later became a prominent Anglican clergyman and missionary in Canada. He is most closely associated with the Shingwauk Home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and the Wawanosh Home, institutions created for Indigenous children during a period whose legacy is now understood in the wider history of the Canadian residential school system.
He also wrote extensively, producing books, pamphlets, and reports drawn from his missionary and educational work. That writing makes him notable not only as a religious figure, but also as an observer of the era's ideas about education, evangelism, and Indigenous life.
Edward Francis Wilson died in 1915. Today, he is remembered in a more complicated light: as an energetic Victorian-era writer and organizer, but also as a figure tied to institutions and policies that caused lasting harm.