Two Governments, a Railway and a Church: The Old Colony Mennonite Relocation to Central British Columbia in the 1940s

Authors

Dawn S. Bowen, University of Mary WashingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

Journal of Mennonite Studies

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

The article focuses on Old Colony Mennonite Relocation to Central British Columbia (B.C.) in the 1940s. It mentions Governments of Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and the Canadian National Railway (CN), cooperated to enable these families to begin new lives in central B.C. It also demonstrates that a common faith in the early success of the venture and documented the long and varied history of Mennonite migration.

Comments

The definitive article is available on the website of the Journal of Mennonite Studies at: https://jms.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/jms.

This article is openly available on the web.

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Recommended Citation

Bowen, D. S. (2018). Two Governments, a Railway and a Church: The Old Colony Mennonite Relocation to Central British Columbia in the 1940s. Journal of Mennonite Studies, 36, 209-235.