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| − | Renata is a small town on a stump peninsula | + | Renata is a small town on a stump peninsula on the Arrow Lakes, about 20 miles (35 km) northwest of Castlegar, [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]]. This settlement sprang up in the primeval forest in 1907, when Frank Siemens from Altona, Manitoba, representing the Western Land Company, attracted 20 families from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to take up land in the area. A number of families were ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]]) families from the [[Rosenort Mennonite Church Group (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosenort Church]] near [[Rosthern (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Rosthern]], [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]]. Climatic and agriculture conditions were favorable and there were about 50 homes in this settlement. The main occupation of the settlers was fruit raising. Many Mennonites left Renata by the 1950s, leaving only about 10 Mennonite families. The first ministers to visit Renata were D. J. Unruh, Herbert, Saskatchewan, in the early 1920s, and C. F. Sawatzky from Laird, Saskatchewan. [[Hamm, Abraham A. (1869-1934)|Abraham Hamm]], an immigrant preacher, arrived in 1923. In 1938-1953 P. P. Dyck from Rosemary, [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], preached here the six months of each year while he was living in Renata. |
In the mid-1960s the community was relocated when a nearby hydroelectric dam flooded the valley. | In the mid-1960s the community was relocated when a nearby hydroelectric dam flooded the valley. | ||
| + | = Bibliography = | ||
| + | Funk, Johann David. ''They Tell Each Other, They are Still Who They Were. The Struggle for Self Definition in Minority Cultures: The Case of the General Conference Mennonites in British Columbia''. M.A. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1993. | ||
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Revision as of 22:53, 30 October 2014
Renata is a small town on a stump peninsula on the Arrow Lakes, about 20 miles (35 km) northwest of Castlegar, British Columbia. This settlement sprang up in the primeval forest in 1907, when Frank Siemens from Altona, Manitoba, representing the Western Land Company, attracted 20 families from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to take up land in the area. A number of families were (General Conference Mennonite) families from the Rosenort Church near Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Climatic and agriculture conditions were favorable and there were about 50 homes in this settlement. The main occupation of the settlers was fruit raising. Many Mennonites left Renata by the 1950s, leaving only about 10 Mennonite families. The first ministers to visit Renata were D. J. Unruh, Herbert, Saskatchewan, in the early 1920s, and C. F. Sawatzky from Laird, Saskatchewan. Abraham Hamm, an immigrant preacher, arrived in 1923. In 1938-1953 P. P. Dyck from Rosemary, Alberta, preached here the six months of each year while he was living in Renata.
In the mid-1960s the community was relocated when a nearby hydroelectric dam flooded the valley.
Bibliography
Funk, Johann David. They Tell Each Other, They are Still Who They Were. The Struggle for Self Definition in Minority Cultures: The Case of the General Conference Mennonites in British Columbia. M.A. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1993.
| Author(s) | John G. Rempel |
|---|---|
| Sam Steiner | |
| Date Published | 2009 |
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Rempel, John G. and Sam Steiner. "Renata (British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2009. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Renata_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=126712.
APA style
Rempel, John G. and Sam Steiner. (2009). Renata (British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Renata_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=126712.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 300. All rights reserved.
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