Parksbeg – CRUMBLING MEMORIES

December 18, 2018

HILLSIDE MANOR

Remember this place that I made my family stop at when it was -47 or so out?

The family of John and Emma McFadyn was the first family to settle in what would become Parksbeg, Saskatchewan. John became the second station agent. He was born at Augustine Cove, Prince Edward Island in 1852.

This house stands on the on the North hillside beside the East bound TransCanada Highway.

It was one of the first houses in the area to have central heating and complete indoor plumbing.

In 1941 the Lawson’s moved into this house on the hill.

August 1, 2018January 24, 2019

PARKSBEG, SASKATCHEWAN

In 2016 we drove by this house on the way back from Swift Current to Regina. This past December, the 28th (2017) to be exact, during a wicked cold snap, I insisted that we stop. I wasn’t out there very long because it was -47 with the windchill and this house is right on the highway. I snapped a few quick shots.

I would have loved to have seen the inside. There was no evidence of a driveway or anything and there wasn’t a lot of snow but it was just t0o cold to stand at the side of the road for to long.

If I ever find out more, I’ll post. And maybe one day I’ll get out that way when its not freezing cold out.