Highwood Lutheran Church

Highwood Lutheran Church lays claim to having the oldest pipe organ in the Province of Alberta and the second oldest in Canada. The organ, Opus 81, was completed in 1870 by the J.H. and C.S. O'Dell Organ Company of New York. It was built for a Presbyterian church in Ossining, New York. In 1967 it was obtained by Highwood from a Baptist church in Ossining. Opus 81 has been recognized by the Historic Organ Committee of the Royal Canadian College of Organists as a historical instrument. Highwood Lutheran's organ is a mechanical, tracker-action instrument. Organist Rick Vander Woude says, “The sound seems to be fitting, and it's giving a little bit more of that rounder brilliance to the full organ sound." Please visit the website for more details.