Miss Monica Storrs was born on February 12, 1888 at St. Peter's Vicarage, Grosvenor Gardens, London. She took most of her schooling at a Francis Holland Church of England School for Girls. As the years went by, Monica became involved in the service of the Cathedral Church and of the diocese and helped with the pastoral work of the church, especially that of Sunday Schools, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. After graduating she entered St. Christopher's College in Blackheath. At this college Monica met a lady who told her about the spiritual and physical needs of the settlers in the Peace River Country. Monica felt called to minister to their needs. Monica arrived in Fort St. John in October 1929 as one of the first Anglican Missionaries to teach Sunday School, the traditions of scouting and guiding to children, and to spread the gospel. She came as a daughter of the Church of England. Monica would receive seventy-five dollars monthly from the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf for her work as a missionary.

Monica Storrs on her horse, 1933. Miss Storrs was an Anglican Missionary from England who arrived in the Peace River Area in 1929. She would travel on horseback to visit the outlying settlers to lead Bible studies and teach Sunday school.

During the twenty-one years spent here Monica managed to acquire the nickname 'God's Galloping Girl' because she rode all over the Peace River Country in any type of weather condition to visit isolated farmers, to get the scouts and guides groups started, and to put on Sunday School and church services. Also with some funding from the Church of England she built her home, "The Abbey," in 1931. The little Chapel of the Holy Cross at the Abbey, and five other churches were built throughout her years in the North Peace.

Monica left in 1950 and on her retirement she named her home in England "Peacewood." There Monica was still very active in church services until she passed away on December 14, 1967.

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