Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to cite the following texts:
* "Etienne de Lessard" story taken from Our French-Canadian Ancestors, by Thomas J. Laforest, The Lisi Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1983. Reprinted by permission of Thomas J. Laforest, The Lisi Press.
* "Simon Allain" story from "Nos Ancêtres," Magazine Populaire Catholique, Sainte Anne de Beaupré, Revue Sainte Anne de Beaupré, by Gérard Lebel and published by the Redemptorist Fathers, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Septembre 1983. Reprinted by permission of Gérard Lebel.
* "Les Heureux" used by permission of Gérard Lebel.
* Excerpts from Valley Echoes, Inter-Collegiate Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Used by permission of Catherine Dobrowski and Yvonne Alain, Local History Committee.
* "The Pioneer," Remember, by R.G. Mason, Cominco Ltd., 1980. Reprinted by permission of R.G. Mason.
* Excerpts from Footsteps In Time, Meota History Book Committee, Meota, Saskatchewan, 1980. Used by permission of Edna Moldon and Martin Iverson, Meota History Book Committee.
* Excerpts from "Mes Souvenirs" by Angélè Veillard. Used by permission of her daughter, Yvonne Alain.
We are also grateful to the following:
– Each person who has contributed his or her autobiography and lent pictures for the book.
– Marcella Sevigny, Marlyne Reindl and Jeannine (Alain) Curtis for the research carried out.
– For information received from Yvonne Alain, Armand and Maggie Bernier, Omer and Ida Cartier, Mme. Dinelle, Cecile Gingras, Nellie Lozinski, Eva Prince, and Maxine and Maurice Veillard.
– For translating the French stories into English Alma Gervais, Muriel Turcotte and Rose Raymond; and for other translating, Roland Roy.
– The genealogists: Sylvie Trembley and Rev. Gérard Lebel.
– Adelle Prentice, Geraldine Law, and JoAnne Serhan for the typing.
– Val Bruce, our computer lady, who not only put our manuscript on floppy disks but also, in her kindness, assisted us with editing and generally did far more than was expected of her.
– The proofreaders: Elliott Prentice, Marguerite Chomyshen and Mary Prentice.
– Lynne Cooper and Anne Gross for editing.
– Adelle Prentice for the paste-up, Bernadette Adrian and Rachelle Toews for their assistance.
– Ed Kliewer, Friesen Printers' representative, for his invaluable assistance.
– Maurice Veillard for writing the introduction.
– Emerson, Eugene C. Irwine and Bob Mason for their poetry.
– The Saskatchewan and Quebec Provincial Archives, and the National Archives in Ottawa.
– Duane Belbeck and members of both the Outlook & District Home Care and the Outlook & District Volunteer Service Advisory Boards who allowed Maxine the time off; and to Joan Burnett and Edith Slatnik who kindly filled in during her absence.
– A special thank you: to Sean Prentice for his patience and understanding; to Elliott Prentice, Adolf Reindl and Richard Sevigny for their support and help while we were compiling the manuscript. No doubt our spouses and boys were somewhat neglected while we worked.