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Jacob M. Unrau fonds Mennonite Pioneer Missions Children's Camp (Loon Straits, Manitoba)
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Campers arriving by airplane at Loon Straits

This photo shows campers arriving at Loon Straits by airplane.
"The plane is in the bay at Garfield Monkman’s where we lived from August 1957 - March 1958 when we moved to the other side of the peninsula to where the camp was held that summer."

Mennonite Pioneer Mission Children's Camp at Loon Straits

This photo shows a children's group at the Mennonite Pioneer Mission children's camp at Loon Straits, Manitoba. Edwin Brandt's son Loren writes " Camp was held on the yard of our temporary home while our new bungalow was being built. The woman is Marian Enns (later Marian Vincent)"

Brandt, Edwin Cornelius, 1921-2019

"Winklerites" looking on M.P.M summer camp

This photo shows Monkman and a group of "Winklerites" - construction men - looking on Mennonite Pioneer Mission children's camp at Loon Straits.
"On the right is Margaret Harder (right) and Marian Enns." Volunteer help came from Mennonites in Winkler, Lowe Farm and Steinbach to help build the Brandt's new home in the summer of 1958.