Manitoba

 Manitoba, our first day started out quite sunny but soon the storm they have been predicting started to show.

DeSalaberry, is the first place I can place William Caddens family(Rons great grandfather) after immigration into Canada in 1882, here in the rural municipality of DeSalaberry their third child Jennie was born in 1883.

The countryside is lovely and great for farming, the 1891 census shows the Williams wife and family living here again with her parents James and Catherine Kelly.

The next day rain or no rain we headed out to Whitemouth which is where Rons grandfather John Edward Cadden was born, we saw some wild life on our way out.

 The Caddens lived in Whitemouth from approx 1886 to 1890.  Whitemouth was known back in the day for its railway and logging camps and mosquitos.  The famous Dr. Charlotte Ross, first female doctor in Manitoba practiced here from 1881 to 1916 so a good chance she helped bring John and his brother James into the world.

1.  And from Whitemouth on it just started to pour but we did a little sight seeing before heading back to Winnipeg.  This is the Seven Sisters Falls dam, you can see the lake was really rough.

 We followed the Winnipeg River up to Lake Winnipeg.

 We tried to find some beaches but that was difficult, not much access to the lake in this area. It is sure a big lake you could not see the other side.

 Just a little house we saw in Grand Beach and liked its fence.

It poured and poured all the way back into Winnipeg and the streets were just full of water.  Went over to the Hendersons for dinner tonight was a lovely night meeting everyone.