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Ride into Lac du Bonnet A Manitoba Trek
A 1929 diary fragment recounts a long ride from The Pas through Selkirk and Garson to Lac du Bonnet with stops at homesteaders and historic forts. The narrator reflects on encounters with locals, friends like C T Mitchell and Tom Lamb, and the start of muskrat and beaver ranch ideas at Moose Lake that would shape future ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall
Stony Mountain
Red River
Lockport
Selkirk
Merchant's Hotel
Stone Fort
Lower
Fort Garry
Mark Twain
Luke Clemons
Garson
Tyndall
Beausejour
Seddon's Corners
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg River
Milner Ridge
C. T. Mitchell
Travellers Hotel
Mitch
McIntosh
Alex
Hammerstead
Pas
The
Tommy Lamb
Grey Owl
Tom
Moose Lake