The Hutterite religion was established
by Jakob Hutter in Central Europe during the 1520s, at the
time of Europe's Protestant Reformation.
As
German-speaking Anabaptists and pacifists who practised communal
living they had been subjected to persecution. Nearly extinct by the 18th and 19th century, the
Hutterites found a new home in North America. Hutterites
first settled in Manitoba in 1918 when they abandoned their
settlements in South Dakota and moved north to secure land in
southern Alberta and in Manitoba close to Winnipeg.
In 1918 members of the Schmiedeleut colonies in South Dakota
purchased land in Cartier Municipality, Manitoba, where they
established six colonies (James Valley, Huron, Milltown, Bonne
Homme, Maxwell and Rosedale)...
According to the most recent estimates, there are 105 Hutterite
communities remaining in Manitoba and the total number of members
stands at an estimated 9,075 in this
province.
The James Valley Hutterite colony is situated approximately six
kilometres from the Manitoban village of Elie and about 40km west
of Winnipeg.
At the centre of Hutterian life is the concept that no one in the
community can afford to remain idle, as a strong work ethic on the
part of all members is the key to economic prosperity and social
cohesion. As such, when a colony reaches a population of about 160
inhabitants, the situation becomes more difficult to manage and it
is time to ask half the inhabitants to settle elsewhere.
as was done recently in James
Valley.
Despite the Hutterite colony's
traditional, communitarian lifestyle, tell-tale signs of the 21st
century are everywhere.
Cache container is small with the original contents including FTF
certificate, log book, mechanical pencil and some small trading
items.
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO PLACE
THIS CACHE
PLEASE RESPECT THIS PROPERTY AS YOU WOULD YOUR
OWN