Day 10
I am sure many of you are wondering where and why we would go to Hamiota. Well it is half way between Winnipeg and Humboldt SK, so it made it a good candidate and it is the homestead of my great grandfather - John Burr.
We drove around town, found the museum (but it was closed; only open to the public during the fair, which is in 3 weeks), so we went to the library and the ladies there were wonderful, they looked up where I could find NW section 23 twp 14 range 23W (the old Burr homestead) and showed me it was 3 miles east of town and 2 miles north - so we went there. We also found the quarter section that my grandfather's half-brother (Ed) owned in NW 22.14.23W. Both are big farms today with no buildings on any of them. We have pictures. The library ladies also found the row and section in the graveyard for John's plot (saved us hours of walking and searching), and next to it is the grave of his first daughter (Maggie (Burr) Butcher).
This is the furthest west we have ever been while driving in Canada.
Think you mean the furthest west driving (in Canada), surely you were further west on your Wild West caravan.
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