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Inside page of Irma Lesins' published memoir.

Edmonton area ethnic Latvians acting on stage in a dramatic production ca 1952.

1928 correspondence addressed to John Jones from the Dominion Lands Administration regarding his request to purchase, in addition to his homestead, one of the islands in Lake Isle, Alberta.

Confirmation ceremony for Edmonton area, Latvian youth, 1969. 
Front row left to right: Maija Poruks, Linda Lusis, Cynthia Jones, Reverend Avotins, Zaiga Endols, Liesma Caks, Vciky Jones.
Back row left to right: Vilnis Caks, Modros…

Edmonton Latvian men's volleyball team. Left to right: Vandalins Donass, unknown man, Harry Tarksis. Bottom: Eric Kalnins & Janis Snepsts.

Book published in Germany by Latvian literati who wished to maintain their unique Latvian literature as cultural diaspora living in exile.

Frank Cheple on his family farm near Stettler, Alberta with his hand-made wagon.

Canadian citizenship document for Mirdza Poruks nee Grivnieks.

Linda Celmainis in Lake Louise, Alberta.

1976 Toronto Latvian Song Festival attended by the Edmonton-based Latvian folk dance group, "Daina".

Aerial photograph of the Mutzeneek home in Darwell, Alberta. The house was originally used as the second schoolhouse building in Lake Isle. Mr. Mutzeneek renovated the schoolhouse in 1949.

Ilda Lubane gave a speech for the official presentation of her finished public commission at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in 1970.

Lakeshore Gardens Greenhouse owner and Jones' family homestead resident, Cynthia Jones in her favourite spot on the Jones property. Lake Isle, Alberta, 2011.

Latvian students leaving their school. Circa 1940.

Peter Janiten's Greenhouse staff including Frank Cheple's mother, Annie on left in glasses.

Confirmation photograph of Biruta Friemanis taken in Leipaija, Latvia days before her escape to Germany.

Horticulturalist and Edmonton entrepreneur, Peter Janiten in his greenhouse.

Jones family enjoying a dip in Lake Isle, circa 1950.

Uldis Delveris and his friends in the Wiesbaden displaced persons camp, Germany, circa 1946. Uldis second from the left.

Painting commissioned in 1970 by the Royal Alexandra Hospital for the maternity ward. Prepared on untempered masonite with acrylic paint. Because of the traffic in the hospital, Ilda had to work during the night for two months.

Lelde Muehlenbachs, artist, art critic, and curator, of Edmonton, Alberta.

Partygoers Ilga Green (glasses), Mr. Lucis, Peter Green, and Mrs. Algadzis, circa 1975.

Amber and silver sun bracelet, sun brooch with three bells, silver and amber sun ring.

traditional Latvian patterns; woven belts or bookmarks belonging to Anita Clark

Elma Bruzis nee Trankalis and son Uldis, England, ca 1953.

Canadian citizenship document for ethnic Latvian Baiba Kundrats (now Berzins).

Arijia Delveris and friends in a displaced persons camp, circa 1947.

Bread-making tools from Latvia. The paddle and the box were used by the Jones women to kneed rye dough.

Janis Celmainis on left with coworker in the Provincial Training School greenhouse, Red Deer, Alberta, 1960.

Entry sign for Cynthia Jones' greenhouse operation located on the historic Jones family homestead in Lake Isle, Alberta. 2011.

Lake Isle Latvian settlers, circa 1920.

Elma Trankaris (later Bruzis) stirring soup in the displaced persons camp in Germany, ca 1947. The chef is on her left.

Immigration card for Ruta Kundrats' ocean passage aboard the SS. Samaria, 1948.

Framing the Auzins' house in Pigeon Lake, Alberta, 1949.

Clipping from a 1976 Edmonton Journal, detailing the socially active and highly educated, Dr. Anna Rudovics nee Gipters, ethnic Latvian and Canadian citizen.

Ilga Green nee Strauts in her home in Edmonton, Alberta amid the myriad of bouquets sent from friends and family on the occasion of her 40th wedding anniversary.

Suitcase full of Latvian mittens designed and woven by ethnic Latvian Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. November 2011.

Obituary of Olga Jones, ethnic Latvian and Alberta settler.

Detail of letter from Latvian kin written to the Mutzeneek family of Lake Isle, Alberta.

The Bruzis family in 1956 walking to the ship, "Columbia" in Liverpool, England. The "Columbia" would bring them to Canada.