William Lothian: KEN GIGLIOTTI

Adrian Trimble Dept: Before closing with a small postscript -- mail me a revised New Testament, please! -- young Scotsman William Lothian's long letter to his family described the often-lonely immensity of his new home, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Immigration from Great Britain to Winnipeg has slowed to a trickle, which makes graphic designer Adrian Trimble and his family a bit of an anomaly especially since they ended up settling in Steinbach. KEN GIGLIOTTI / Pat and Tony Kennett actually moved here from England twice. Winnipeg had just gotten into our blood, says Pat. "It's a monotonous process, this travelling over the vast Prairies, all so much alike," the 24-year-old wrote in the fall of 1881. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.