God's Lake Narrows 1955

In 1955, God’s Lake Narrows was a small, isolated, poor Aboriginal Cree community. Located in northern Manitoba. Standard homes consisted of dilapidated shacks without hydro, tap water or indoor toilets.

Typical aboriginal housing 1963

Typical Aboriginal housing of its day. Picture of a Cree family at Oxford House, Manitoba, courtesy of Toronto Telegram newspaper, 1963.

God's lake Narrows 1955 - Charles Catto and Cree family

Charles Catto, Frontiers Foundation founder, with a Cree family in front of their home.

In 1955, God’s Lake Narrows was a small, isolated, poor Aboriginal Cree community. Located in northern Manitoba. Standard homes consisted of dilapidated shacks without hydro, tap water or indoor toilets.

Charles Catto, the Founding Director of Frontiers Foundation Inc. was a newly ordained United Church minister and whose first ministry was at God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba.