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              Item · May 1936
              Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

              Illustrated booklet prepared by Right Reverend Arthur Henry Sovereign, Bishop of the Diocese of Athabasca, and published by the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada in May 1936. Contains information on the Diocese of Athabasca, including its geographical area, history, the Anglican Church's missionary activities in Athabasca [including the operation of residential schools at Wabasca, White Fish Lake, and Hay River], and the church's needs [prayer; financial support].

              Contents:
              This Diocese ...; Bishop; For God and His Church in Athabasca By the Bishop of the Diocese; Yesterday and To-day; The Peace River District; "Canada's Last Great West. A Land of Invitation."; Indian Missions; Additional Problems [1. Newcomers; 2. The Challenge of the unprecedented mineral discoveries and commercial developments; 3. Fort McMurray and Waterways]; Our Special Needs.

              Illustrations:
              "St. James' Church, Peace River, Diocese of Athabasca"; "This map shows the geographical position and the extent of the Diocese of Athabasca"; "A raft bringing out lumber on the Athabasca River"; "... a million acres of arable land - in the great Peace River area"; "The visit of a missionary is eagerly welcomed by a lonely pioneer"; "Easter congregation at a little church in South Athabasca"; "Polish and Ukrainian children who come 4 and 5 miles over bad trails to school at Narrow Lake"; "... sometimes a wet season means "too much of a good thing" on a new road"; "After a confirmation service at St. John's Indian Residential School at Wabasca"; "A tea-party of Indians to meet the Bishop on his visit to Fort Simpson last summer"; "Covered wagons" bringing settlers from the South"; "The long, long trail" from the South ends with the arrival at their new home"; "A fine family who came in about two years ago"; "The prospector and those who follow him are increasingly to be found in widely scattered areas in the mineral belt"; "Map Showing Aerial Routes into Northern Canada"; "Wedding of a "Mounty" and his charming bridge at the beautiful little Church at Fort Simpson"; "Celebration of the Holy Communion in the woods, at a "[Sunday] School by Post" camp"; "Who will help us to open the closed door of the Church at Fort Norman?"

              Sovereign, Arthur Henry, Right Rev.