The Whitefish Lake Mission came about
through the efforts of
Henry Steinhauer and Benjamin
Sinclair to establish a Methodist mission to the Cree people. Up until
the late 1850s, the predominantly Métis community in the area had been ministered to by
Missionary Oblates and by establishing a mission at Whitefish
Lake, Steinhauer and Sinclair were the first in the region to preach
Methodism. With an
abundance of fish and relatively rich soil, it was possible
for their mission to be somewhat self-sufficient and to serve as a model agricultural
settlement.

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