This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Memories of Early Days of North Settlement and Families
Narrative recalls early settlers north of the area including the Allans, Robert sons, Howies, Whyte, Cowan, Rankin, Riddell, Leslie, Leary, Anderson, Parks, Kerr, and later Lorimer and Sinclair families. It covers logging, building a hall, church services, schools at Eden and Kerr, shifts after trains to Hamiota, social gatherings, notable figures, homesteading, droughts of 1886 to 1889, and wheat varieties Red Fife and Marquis. The account notes community ties, local leadership, and the 1891 railway expansion shaping settlement patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allans
Robertsons
Howies
Whyte
Cowans
Rankins
Riddells
Leslies
Learys
Andersons
Parks
Kerrs
Lorimers
Rudds
Sinclairs
J. Park
J.L.R
Strathclair
George Rankin
Barn
Birtle
N.W
Hamiota