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The town was established in the 1880s as an ideal location for fruit growing, and it was extraordinary. It was located on a creek delta of rich soil and shielded from cold winds by the surrounding mountains. It was the ideal location for orchards in the region, and was known for cherries, apples, pears and peaches. </p><p>The Mennonite settlement in Renata began in 1907, when Frank F. Siemens from Altona, Manitoba, representing the Western Land Company, attracted 20 families from Herbert and Rosthern, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba to take up land in the area. A number of families were (<a href="/index.php?title=General_Conference_Mennonite_Church_(GCM)" title="General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)">General Conference Mennonite</a>) families from the <a href="/index.php?title=Rosenort_Mennonite_Church_Group_(Saskatchewan,_Canada)" title="Rosenort Mennonite Church Group (Saskatchewan, Canada)">Rosenort Church</a> near <a href="/index.php?title=Rosthern_(Saskatchewan,_Canada)" title="Rosthern (Saskatchewan, Canada)">Rosthern</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Saskatchewan_(Canada)" title="Saskatchewan (Canada)">Saskatchewan</a>. Climatic and agriculture conditions were favorable and eventually there were about 50 homes in this settlement. The main occupation of the settlers was fruit farming. </p><p>Many Mennonites left Renata by the 1950s, leaving only about 10 Mennonite families. </p><p>The first ministers to visit Renata were D. J. Unruh, Herbert, Saskatchewan, in the early 1920s, and C. F. Sawatzky from Laird, Saskatchewan. <a href="/index.php?title=Hamm,_Abraham_A._(1869-1934)" title="Hamm, Abraham A. (1869-1934)">Abraham Hamm</a>, an immigrant preacher, arrived in 1923. In 1938-1953 P. P. Dyck from Rosemary, <a href="/index.php?title=Alberta_(Canada)" title="Alberta (Canada)">Alberta</a>, preached here the six months of each year while he was living in Renata. </p><p>In the mid-1960s the community was relocated when a nearby hydroelectric dam flooded the valley. </p> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Bibliography">Bibliography</span></h1> <p>Funk, Johann David. <i>They Tell Each Other, They are Still Who They Were. The Struggle for Self Definition in Minority Cultures: The Case of the General Conference Mennonites in British Columbia</i>. M.A. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1993. </p><p>Klippenstein, Lawrence. "Early Mennonites in B.C.: Renata, 1907-1965." <i>Mennonite Historian</i> VII, no. 3 (September 1981): 1-2; VII, no. 4 (December 1981): 2. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="infobox"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Author(s) </th> <td>John G. Rempel </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td>Samuel J. Steiner </td></tr> <tr> <th>Date Published </th> <td>2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/index.php?title=Author1::Rempel,_John_G.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Author1::Rempel, John G. (page does not exist)"> </a> <a href="/index.php?title=Author2::Steiner,_Samuel_J.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Author2::Steiner, Samuel J. (page does not exist)"> </a> <a href="/index.php?title=PublDate::2009&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PublDate::2009 (page does not exist)"> </a> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Cite_This_Article">Cite This Article</span></h1> <p><b>MLA style</b> </p><p>Rempel, John G. and Samuel J. Steiner. "Renata (British Columbia, Canada)." <i>Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online</i>. 2009. Web. 25 Nov 2024. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Renata_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=165860">https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Renata_(British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=165860</a>. </p><p><b>APA style</b> </p><p>Rempel, John G. and Samuel J. Steiner. (2009). Renata (British Columbia, Canada). <i>Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online</i>. 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