This photo shows a person walking across a narrow bridge made of several wooden planks in Loon Straits, Manitoba. "There were a number of points in Loon Straits where the dwellings were separated by low-lying swampy areas that easily flooded when Lake Winnipeg levels rose and this is one of those."
This photo shows pilot Johnny Kehler (left) and George Groening (right) standing beside the single propeller plane that is parked on the snow at Matheson Island.
This collection of photos show some aspects of the work of Mennonite Pioneer Mission, an outreach ministry begun by the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, which became part of Conference of Mennonites in Canada in the early 1970s, changing the name in 1974 to Native Ministries, a ministry of Conference of Mennonites in Canada.
This photo shows Mennonite Pioneer Mission workers -- Jake Wiebe in the foreground and his wife Helen and a daughter further back, at Loon Straights, Manitoba.
This photo shows the Unrau family at Matheson Island, Manitoba. Front row (l-r): Mabel, Larry and Phyllis. Back row: Jake Unrau, Trudie Unrau, Pat and Heidi. They are standing outside on a sunny summer day in front of the door to their house.
This photo show (l-r): David Hamm, Mennonite Pioneer Mission worker Otto Hamm, Sharon Hamm, followed by Margaret Hamm holding baby Jane. They served at Cross Lake, Manitoba.
This photo shows two men carrying a canoe in a wooded area. The location is uncertain. It could be Grand Rapids, but family members say it is more likley to be Little Grand Rapids or Paunguassi
This photo shows five children of Jake and Gertrude Unrau at Matheson Island with their dog. They are (l-r): Pat, Larry, Mabel, Phyllis and Heidi. They are outside on a sunny winter day.
This photo shows a white woman with several aboriginal children on the beach in Northern Manitoba. The women is probably a Mennonite Pioneer Mission worker.