We had a wonderful day researching Fiset and Collins genealogy.
Our first stop was Lafleche where we went to the cemetery and had a visit with Pierre and Celine Fiset which are Rons great grandparents. They brought their family of eleven from Quebec to Saskatchewan by train in approx. 1913.
We visited inside the church that Poppa Johnnie told us about, it was beautiful but under construction for the 100th celebrations happening in late June.
Stood as close as we could to the steps to the old school
Onward we went to Fir Mountain which is very close to Wood Mountain where Grannie Leona was as a very young girl.
Here is a picture of the school there.
The sign into Fir Mountain says Welcome to the town of the town pump, the pump is on the main street right in the middle of the street.
An old homestead
Over to Wood Mountain where the elevator still stands.
This is the barn that Grampa Ernest Fiset was to have built.
After Wood Mountain we drove south to Canopus where the Collins family homesteaded from 1916 to 1933 when the prairies were in such a drought that they had to move on.
We made our way into the US and are in Williston North Dakota tonight, tomorrow we are headed to McGregor where Herman Collins once lived and Powers Lake where Rons great great grandparents the Orrs are buried.
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