Abstract

Gothic Revival architecture projected a sense of unity throughout the British Empire, even though the materials used to construct such architecture varied by available resources, geographic location and climatic conditions. In Canada, this led to the proliferation of wooden churches during the mid-nineteenth century, including William Hay’s Anglican “Garrison Church” for Toronto. The resulting forms allowed Anglo-Canadians to participate in a global discourse of Britishness while laying claim to local materials. However, the contested legality of local lands disrupts timber’s ability to ingrain Anglo-Canadian identity. Instead, I speculate that the transformation of local forest growth into timber-constructed designs is haunted by an uncanny act of appropriation, and I use the “garrison mentality” of a Canadian gothic novel to discuss the unstable boundaries between the demonised Indigenous peoples of Canada’s mostly coniferous forests and the would-be civility of Anglo-Canadians sheltered behind the wooden walls of Hay’s Garrison Church.

摘要

哥特复兴式建筑在整个大英帝国展现出一种统一感，尽管用于建造这种建筑的材料因可用资源、地理位置和气候条件而异。在加拿大，这导致了 19 世纪中叶木制教堂的激增，包括威廉·海伊 (William Hay) 为多伦多建造的英国圣公会“驻军教堂”。由此产生的形式允许英裔加拿大人参与全球性的英国性话语，同时对当地材料提出要求。然而，当地土地的合法性有争议，破坏了木材根深蒂固的英加身份的能力。相反，我推测当地森林生长向木结构设计的转变被一种不可思议的挪用行为所困扰，