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The Settlement Period

1880 - 1913

Documents the origins of the community through to the beginning of the first world war.

Journals

Richard N Lea - Migratory Bird Journal and General Notes (1883)

R N Lea was interested in the seasons and the wildlife to be found in this new district to which he had brought his family. He added short notes to this journal over a seventeen year period.

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Fond: Lea Family
    Richard N. Lea's Migratory Bird Journal - Transcription by Felix Kuehn (1880)

    A transcription by Felix Kuehn with added articles and newspaper references to R. N. Lea's work as a naturalist.

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    Fond: Lea Family
      Thirteen Years on the Prairies by Dr John Pennefather (1880)

      An account written by Dr Pennefather of his homestead experineces in Norquay and of his journey with the Canadian Force which quelled the Northwest Rebellion in 1885.

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      Fond: York University
        W N Rolfe - 'A Citizen of Canada' (1880)

        Rolfe's memoir of his time in the Pembina Manitou area.

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