Harold Iden Lee (1915 – 1957)
Harold Lee was born in Lacadena, Saskatchewan and received his education in Lousana, Alberta. He trained for the RCMP and then switched to the ministry, training at Three Hills and Calgary. He and his wife, Lydia Brown, took charge of the Army Religious Centre in Calgary and in 1946 transferred to Whitehorse. At first, they ministered to the white population and then opened a school that eventually was attended by 170 First Nation children. Rev. Lee was well known throughout the territory, and he conducted a popular radio program. He was killed when his car collided with an Army ration truck.1)
The Whitehorse Baptist Church dedicated its building at the corner of Second Ave. and Rogers St. to the memory of its founder and first paster. Rev. Harold Lee. The Church maintained a close tie with the Indian Baptist Mission School, also started by Rev. H. Lee in 1947. The school closed in 1960.2)