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Al Thorleifson
A former community teacher, Al has been an instrumental part of the development of this web site.
Bette Mueller
Bette has worked to preserve the community's heritage both as a teacher and as a member of local community heritage committees.
Beula Swain
Beula Swain was a well-known historian of the Altamont, Manitoba district.
Brooke Clayton
Brooke, a Manitou native, is a film maker and editor currently working in the Brandon area.
Caroline Cumming
Caroline Cumming lived in the Huntly School District in Southern Manitoba.
Chris Vickers
Chris Vickers completed a series of archaeological digs on the sites associated with the Mound Builder and Assiniboine cultures in southern Manitoba.
Craig Baron
Craig grew up in Manitou, is currently teaching in Eli, and has brought his interest in military history to the development of this web site.
David J. Harris
Miami District historian who provided a history of the Miami Railway Station Museum.
Diana Vodden
Co editor with Haroldine Webb of the community history 'Come into our Heritage'.
Edward M Ledohowski
Ed Ledohowski is curently a researcher with Manitoba Historic Resources.
Evelyn Cavers
Author of a Nestibo family memoir set in the Goodlands district of Manitoba.
Felix Kuehn
Felix grew up in the Pembina Valley near Pembina Crossing. He has been a life long chronicler of the lives and experiences of the people of that district.
Harvey Ruddell
Harvey's family lived in the Nelsonville/Morden area during the settlement period.
Henry Montgomery
Montgomery completed a number of digs associated with the mound builder culture.
Ian Thorleifson
Ian spent his career in different roles working with wild animals - polar bear, elk, cariboo .....
Ida Handford
Ida Handford was one of the early photographers in the district. Many of her photos, all in black and white, shor an artistic flair.
John Pennefather
Dr John Pennefather was a homesteader in the Norquay School District of Manitoba, and served as a surgeon during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885. During this time, his family lived in Manitou, Manitoba.
John Flemming
Flemming was an artist with Henry Youle Hind’s two week long journey from Fort Garry to Fort Ellice via the Souris River, during the summer of 1858.
Kevin Lunn
Kevin Lunn researched the story of his great uncle's experience during the First World War.
Lorne Shewfelt
Raised in Kingsle, Lorne Shewfelt served as a food scientist at several universities during his career.
May Graham
May Graham spent much of her life in the Dry River District of Southern Manitoba.
Richard Nathaniel Lea
R N and Manry Lea came from England in 1879 and settled on Fairbrook Farm south of Pembina Crossing.
Shirley Carson
Shirley Carson has researched the records for information on the persons interred in the Knightcot Cemetery.
Sigrun Sveinsson Isberg
Sigrun was raised in the Mimir School District in Argyle Municipality, Manitoba.
Thora Gunnlaugson
Thora was interested in ensuring that the Icelandic heritage be maintained; she wrote several documents on local history and illustrated storied and recipe collections.