Junkyard Wars fuels crowds in Roblin with 16 teams
The Roblin Snowmobile Association hosted the second annual Junkyard Wars at Currey Park. Sixteen teams from as far as Moosomin built small vehicles powered by engines no stronger than ten horsepower. The event featured inventive builds using lawn mower parts, chainsaws, swather bits and welded frames, with one all women team competing. The second place crew James Junkies from Ebeneezer summed up the weekend with a single word, losing.
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Roblin Snowmobile Association
Dale Rands
Moosomin
Currey Park
James
Ebeneezer
Walter Hammond
Earl of Southesk Journey to Canada 1859 and Early Manitoba Links
The 9th Earl of Southesk travelled from Scotland to Canada in 1859 exploring the Plains and Rockies from Fort Garry to the Bow Valley and back. He hired guides including Hudson’s Bay Company figure James McKay whom he admired for his Red River roots and later Manitoba politics. His party also included John McKay who helped journey and helped found what would become Prince Albert.
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Earl of Southesk
Scotland
Canada
Canadian
Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountains
Fort Garry
Plains
McLeod River
Bow Valley
Earl
Southesk
James McKay
Hudsonsé Bay Company
Red River
Palliser
McKay
Manitoba
James
John McKay
Prairies
Rockies
John
Nisbet
North Saskatchewan River
City of
Prince Albert
Visions of Prairie and Peaks Through Earl Southesk
The narrative chronicles Southesk’s western journey in Eagle Creek and the Rocky Mountain frontier. It recalls great buffalo herds, distant mountain horizons, pine forests, and river valleys, with the Earl recounting hunting meals like siffleur and porcupine while noting the enduring, pristine prairie landscape.
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Eagle Creek
Southesk
Kinnaird Castle
Scotland
Rockies
Rocky Mountain Ranges
Earl
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Pope
Zig Bish Deaton
Cox
al- Absit
Sudan
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