Table of Contents Dedication ............................................................ ii Acknowledgement .................................................... iii In Memoriam ......................................................... iv Introduction .......................................................... vii 1. Soils and vegetation ............................................. 9 2. Very early history ............................................... 10 3. Arrival in Canada ................................................ 11 4. Whitemouth .................................................... 12 5. Elma ....................................................... 14 6. Medika ........................................................ 19 7. It’s 1900 again ................................................... 23 8. The building of the Winnipeg aqueduct ............................ 28 9. Waugh — Indian Bay ............................................ 33 10. Spruce Siding or Sadlow P.O ...................................... 35 11. Hadashville .................................................... 38 12. Municipal government...a brief glimpse back ...................... 51 13. Medical care arrives ............................................. 57 14. Trails, roads, and bridges ........................................ 59 15. Prawda ........................................................ 62 16. A wedding of yore ............................................... 69 17. McMunn ....................................................... 71 18. East Braintree .................................................. 76 19. Agricultural development ........................................ 84 20. Nature has her way .............................................. 89 21. Glen—Mile 80 ................................................... 92 22. The cairn ....................................................... 94 23. Rennie ......................................................... 98 24. La Coulee St. Onge (Brokenhead) ................................. 100 25. Ste. Rita ........................................................ 102 26. Centennial celebrations .......................................... 104