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1986 (Summer)
198-		 Margaret and Larry Rowdon pioneered to Montserrat. The island of Montserrat is in the Leeward Islands, which is part of the Lesser Antilles chain in the West Indies. They stayed for six years.

In 1989 they experienced a hurricane. Although the eye of the hurricane missed Montserrat, Hugo still produced sustained winds of 140 mph and pounded the island. Nearly every home on Montserrat was destroyed or heavily damaged, leaving 11,000 of the island's 12,000 inhabitants homeless.

Larry subsequently wrote a short biography of their time there appropriately titled In the Path of the Wind: Recollections of Montserrat.

 Larry Rowdon; Margaret Rowdon; Montserrat
1986 Ridván
198-		 The 39th National Convention of the Bahá'ís of Canada was held in the Palais des Congres in Hull, QC (now Gatineau). There were three Hands of the Cause in attendance, John Robarts, Bill Sears and A.M. Varqá. Those elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly were: Hossain Danesh; Husayn Banani; Michael Rochester; Enayat Rowhani; Glen Eyford; David Hadden; Ed Muttart; Jane Faily; and William Hatcher. [BC Vol 8 No 4 June 1986 p8] David Hadden; Ed Muttart; Enayat Rawhani; Gatineau, QC; Glen Eyford; Hossain Danesh; Hull, QC; Husayn Banani; Jane Faily; Michael Rochester; National Convention; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; William Hatcher
1986 9 Mar
198-		 The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor member Angus Welldon Cowan (b.12 September 1914 in Bishopton, Quebec) at his home in Invermere, BC. [BW19p703–70; BCNS; Find a grave]
  • The message from the Universal House of Justice Mess63-86p723.
  • Tribute was paid to Angus in an article in Bahá'í Canada called "A Special Measure of Love: A Tribute to the Native Teaching Work of Angus Cowan". [Bahá'í Canada Vol 8 No 1 Feb/Mar 1986 p12-18]
  • See his biography Angus: From the Heart: The Life of Counsellor Angus Cowan by Patricia Verge, Springtide Publishing, Cochrane AB, 1999.
  • See Bahá'í Chronicles.
    		•  - Biographies; - In Memoriam; Angus Cowan; Bishopton, QC; Invermere, BC; Patricia Verge
    1986 12 Feb
    198-    		 The National Spiritual Assembly announced the 77 new electoral districts that would be used to elect the 171 delegates the to the National Convention. This was done in consideration of the direction from the Universal House of Justice in its letter of 21 July 1985. [Bahá'í Canada Vol 8 no 1 Feb/Mar 1986 p28] Conventions, District; Conventions, National
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