Grand Marais, St Jude, was likely formed as a mission of Scanterbury, St Philip, sometime around the turn of the twentieth century. George Rupert and Alex Knott each donated an acre of land for a church and cemetery. The church was built in 1896 out of black poplar logs. In 1931, an addition to the church building was made, in the form of a chancel, sanctuary and two vestry rooms. The old church was still used occasionally, having been wired for electric heat sometime in the 1950s. It was secularized on October 8, 2015.

In 1965, the congregation of St Jude purchased the former Roman Catholic church building and used it for worship. It was dedicated 25 October 1965. This “new” Jude’s Church was disestablished as of December 31, 2018 by letter of the Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Woodcroft. It was secularized on March 18, 2019. The church building and hall were sold effective March 31, 2019.

St Jude was part of the Eastern Beaches ministry group, that included Scanterbury, Balsam Bay, and Victoria Beach.

Schipper was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1955. He began studying at McGill University and transferred to the performing arts program at Bishop’s University. He was then accepted into the National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 1978.

After graduation, Schipper worked around Canada as a theatre actor and director. From 1985-1987, he joined the Huron Country Playhouse in Ontario as Artistic Director. He moved to the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1987 as Associate Artistic Director, and in 1989 as Artistic Director until 2019. During this position, he also directed and developed plays for other theatres, primarily in Winnipeg but also elsewhere in Canada. In 2019 he moved to Brampton, Ontario as the Executive Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre where he remains to the present.

Schipper has received several awards and distinctions during his theatrical career. These include an Honourary Doctorate from both the University of Winnipeg in 2007 and the University of Manitoba in 2015. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2012 and awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

The Hamlet of Faulkner is located south of Fairford. St George's Church, Faulkner was established in 1938. Travelling Missionary Rev Cecil Mosdell, and Mrs Buckley, a staunch Anglican who lived in the district, worked together to establish St George. The building came from a local farm, and another settler donated the land. The DORCAS in Winnipeg provided an organ, prayer desk and bible. The Woman's Auxiliary provided the altar hangings and local people made the altar and the benches. The Woman's Auxiliary from St George, Crescentwood gave 30 chairs, a silver communion set and money for a chancel. Archbishop Harding dedicated the church. The mission was cared for by travelling missionaries and theology students in the summer, including, among others: George Kelly, Harry Daniels, Maurice Wilkinson, Ken Wankling, Len Fryer, the Rev Silverstone and the Rev Holmes. By the 1960s, the church was not in regular use and was vandalized. In 1971, the church was formally closed. The organ went to Fairford, and the building was sold to a local farmer as a granary.

Phyllis Ricou was born in Franklin, Manitoba, 1906. She later lived in Brandon, Manitoba where she was an active member of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, the Ladies' Auxiliary and the choir. She passed away in 1994 and is buried in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery.

Thelma Jane (McVicar) Bain was born December 11, 1912 at Ardath, Saskatchewan to Wesley McVicar and Jane Logan. She was the only granddaughter of Dougald and Mary Ann (Bagsley) McVicar, who settled in Grand Valley in 1879. Her grandmother Mary Ann McVicar was the area's first postmistress. Thelma McVicar was educated at Bounty and Outlook, Saskatchewan before moving to Brandon, Manitoba. Thelma and her parents opened Thelma's Coffee Shop in 1939 at 406 10th Street. The coffee shop moved a year later to 935 Rosser Avenue. Thelma later worked as a bookkeeper at the Rumford and Perth Laundries. She married Alexander John (Sandy) Bain on May 7, 1969. Thelma and Sandy sold tickets at the Wheat City Arena. She was very musical and played at the Assiniboine Center and seniors homes for the seniors. She died on August 23, 1999 in Brandon, Manitoba.

Harriet May Chapman (nee McDonald) and her husband, Albert T. "Ab" Chapman operated a farm near Rivers, Manitoba. In 1967, they opened Chapman Museum, a collection of 16 historic buildings reflecting life on the prairies in the early 20th century. Born on October 27, 1918, Harriet was raised in Pendennis district and attended Brandon Collegiate. She married Albert in 1941. To mark Canada's centennial in 1967, the couple displayed their collection of antique crockery jugs. As they accumulated more items, they turned their display into a community museum that became a designated historical site. Aside from running the family farm, Harriet was a member of the Roseville Anglican Church Women and Kirkham’s Bridge Women's Institute. She died at age 60 on March 1, 1979.

Albert Chapman (1918-2013) was a farmer and municipal officer near Rivers, Manitoba. For 42 years, he served variously as councillor and reeve of the Rural Municipality of Daly. From 1974 to 1979, he was president of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities. Albert also served on the local school board, hospital board, and Manitoba Municipal Board. He was inducted into Manitoba’s Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2002 and received the Manitoba Cenntenial Medal in 1970, as well as the 125 Commemorative Award in 1993. In 1941, Albert married Harriet McDonald (1918-1979). Together, they established Chapman Museum in 1967, which stemmed from a display they created to honour Canada's centennial. The museum consisted of 16 original historic buildings, arranged as a village, and became a designated historical site. Albert died in 2013, and the museum closed a year later.

Mary Vandale (nee Chrest) was born on July 18, 1919 to William and Ellen Chrest in Brandon, Manitoba. William Chrest owned and operated a shoe store and, later, a dry-cleaning business in the city's downtown. Mary worked a short time in the family business and was active in the Junior Women's Auxiliary of St. Mary's Church. She helped establish a local chapter of the Anglo-Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) for people of Greek heritage. In 1950, she married Ralph Joseph Vandale (1920-1995), with whom she raised a daughter and son. Mary was a longtime officer with the Order of the Royal Purple Lodge, Brandon Lodge No. 138. She was also involved with the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Civic Employees' Union, Local 69. She died in Brandon on November 25, 2004.

Elizabeth "Bessie/Anne" Murray was assistant postmistress in Lyleton, Manitoba from 1917 to 1937, and postmistress until her retirement in 1958. She came from Scotch Presbyterian, Irish, and Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Born on March 27, 1891 in Lyleton, she was the sixth child of nine for Ontario tenant farmer Robert B. Murray and his wife, schoolteacher Sarah Catherine White. The Murray family moved to Lyleton from Gore, Ontario in 1890. Together with Robert's brothers, they played a key role in the village's development. Besides establishing a large farm, Robert became postmaster, assisted later by Anne. She cared for her parents in their old age and took over as postmistress following her father's death in 1937. Known fondly as "Aunt Anne," she served many years as superintendent of Lyleton Sunday school and was a life member of both the Lyleton Women's Institute and United Church Women. She lived in Lyleton her entire life and did not marry or have children. The last surviving member of her siblings, Anne died at 93 on September 2, 1984.