St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Church is valued for its representation of Orthodox Church architecture adapted to the local, rural landscape.
The church building was part of a monastery built by Bishop Vitaly after he arrived in the Wildwood area during the 1950s. The property originally featured a saw mill and the buildings were repurposed to serve as a monastery for the Russian Orthodox Church. The church building was formerly a bunk house and was adapted with the many design characteristics of Russian Orthodox Church architecture.
The church was eventually replaced by a newer, larger building that was moved to the same property in 1983 from Tomahawk, Alberta. The second church, dubbed the Blue Church, remains in use to this day.
