Canada's frontier life was hard but filled with hope for the future. Compared to what was left behind in Europe, autocratic regimes, famine and war.
The pioneers who came to Western Canada, faced many hardships from a lack of resources and long cold winters. They worked hard, but also had time to relax. "Every Sunday after church we are able to have a picnic, at the local swimming hole." Musa Egy, letter written home around 1905.
A long cabin, age unknown. There could be as many as nine or ten people, living in a house this size.
A close up of a log cabin, does not look very weather proof. This cabin would have been built, with an axe and a cross cut saw.
An example of an early window.
International Harvester, seeder.
Half buffalo skull, this would be at least 100 years old. If not more.
As conditions improved, items such as this Pontiac, became increasingly available to the masses.
This wagon would have been used to haul grain, as while as day to day use.
