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Al Thorleifson
A former community teacher, Al has been an instrumental part of the development of this web site.

Bette Mueller
Bette has worked to preserve the community's heritage both as a teacher and as a member of local community heritage committees.

Brooke Clayton
Brooke, a Manitou native, is a film maker and editor currently working in the Brandon area.

Chris Vickers
Chris Vickers completed a series of archaeological digs on the sites associated with the Mound Builder and Assiniboine cultures in southern Manitoba.

Craig Baron
Craig grew up in Manitou, is currently teaching in Eli, and has brought his interest in military history to the development of this web site.
Felix Kuehn
Felix grew up in the Pembina Valley near Pembina Crossing. He has been a life long chronicler of the lives and experiences of the people of that district.

Ian Thorleifson
Ian spent his career in different roles working with wild animals - polar bear, elk, cariboo .....

John Flemming
Flemming was an artist with Henry Youle Hind’s two week long journey from Fort Garry to Fort Ellice via the Souris River, during the summer of 1858.

John Pennefather
Dr John Pennefather was a homesteader in the Norquay School District of Manitoba, and served as a surgeon during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885. During this time, his family lived in Manitou, Manitoba.

Kevin Lunn
Kevin Lunn researched the story of his great uncle's experience during the First World War.
Lorne Shewfelt
Raised in Kingsle, Lorne Shewfelt served as a food scientist at several universities during his career.

Richard Nathaniel Lea
R N and Manry Lea came from England in 1879 and settled on Fairbrook Farm south of Pembina Crossing.

Shirley Carson
Shirley Carson has researched the records for information on the persons interred in the Knightcot Cemetery.

Sigrun Sveinsson Isberg
Sigrun was raised in the Mimir School District in Argyle Municipality, Manitoba.

Thora Gunnlaugson
Thora was interested in ensuring that the Icelandic heritage be maintained; she wrote several documents on local history and illustrated storied and recipe collections.