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"Environmentally Sensitive Area". Please be careful where you walk and try not to disturb the natural environment. For additional information please contact Tourism Saskatchewan. | ||
| Motherwell Homestead | |||
| GPS: | 50d 43.08m N | 103d 25.46m W | 1431 feet |
| Location: | 21 kms northeast of Katepwa. | ||
William Richard Motherwell (1860-1943) was an eminent Canadian. He was the first President of the Territorial Grain Growers Association, Saskatchewan's first Minister of Agriculture, from 1921 to 1930, and served as Federal Agriculture Minister. | |||
Richard established the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. He retired from politics in 1939 at the age of 79. | |||
Born in Lanark County, Ontario, Motherwell went west in 1882. He acquired a 160 acre homestead grant in the Pheasant Hills district of southeastern Saskatchewan. In the 1890's, he began to build an eight acre farmstead that he named Lanark Place. | |||
Parks Canada has restored Motherwell's homestead to the 1910-14 period. The restoration project includes the home, barn, outbuildings and the beautifully treed landscape. | |||
The Ontario style barn is typical of many barns built in the area, though few others could match its size. | |||
| GPS: 50d 25.99m N, 104d 36.90m W, 1835 feet 29 July 96, 4:50 pm, Fuji Velvia 50, F8 1/125s | |||
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