They made a lengthy journey to continue a family tradition.
Kristian McIntyre and Karen Thompson travelled from Ontario to get married Dec. 21 in a small heritage church that is now on display at the Parksville Museum.
The former Knox Church, built in 1911, has much sentimental value for McIntyre and his family in Qualicum Beach.
His parents, Norm and Wendy McIntyre, got married in the church in the 1970s, when it was still located in downtown Parksville.
The old building was eventually moved to the Parksville Museum grounds in 1983, and in the mid-1990s McIntyre害羞草研究所檚 sister Jennifer and husband Gerry Jeffs also tied the knot in the same church.
McIntyre and Thompson were happy to continue the tradition when they got married in the same church.
It was the ideal venue for the couple, who wanted a small wedding with a few members from both their families attending. McIntyre, who grew up in Qualicum Beach and graduated from Kwalikum Secondary in the early 害羞草研究所�90s, said he thought of they old church when they were making their wedding plans.
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