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| − | The Canada Colonization Association was a subsidiary of the Department of Immigration and Colonization of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway Company|Canadian Pacific Railway Company]] which gave valuable assistance to Mennonite land settlement in Western Canada after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]]. It was organized by [[Dennis, John Stoughton (1856-1938)|Colonel John S. Dennis]] in 1919 as a private organization but was soon taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway. T. O. F. Herzer was its long-time director. | + | The Canada Colonization Association was a subsidiary of the Department of Immigration and Colonization of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway Company|Canadian Pacific Railway Company]] which gave valuable assistance to Mennonite land settlement in Western Canada after [[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]]. It was organized by [[Dennis, John Stoughton (1856-1938)|Colonel John S. Dennis]] in 1919 as a private organization but was soon taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway. [[Herzer, Traugott Otto Francis (1887-1958)|T. O. F. Herzer]] was its long-time director. |
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Hedges, J. B. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Building the Canadian West. </em>NY: Macmillan, 1939. | Hedges, J. B. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Building the Canadian West. </em>NY: Macmillan, 1939. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 13 December 2016
The Canada Colonization Association was a subsidiary of the Department of Immigration and Colonization of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company which gave valuable assistance to Mennonite land settlement in Western Canada after World War I. It was organized by Colonel John S. Dennis in 1919 as a private organization but was soon taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway. T. O. F. Herzer was its long-time director.
Bibliography
Hedges, J. B. Building the Canadian West. NY: Macmillan, 1939.
| Author(s) | Jacob Gerbrandt |
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| Date Published | 1955 |
Cite This Article
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Gerbrandt, Jacob. "Canada Colonization Association." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Canada_Colonization_Association&oldid=141827.
APA style
Gerbrandt, Jacob. (1955). Canada Colonization Association. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Canada_Colonization_Association&oldid=141827.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 505. All rights reserved.
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