From Buffalo Grass to Wheat: a History of Long Lake district - Craven, Saskatchewan: L.A. Shiels, 1980 - 149-50
"Binnie
Frank Binnie was born at Quebec, Lower Canada on May 16, 1857. While very young his parents moved to Erin, Wellington County, Upper Canada. In 1882 he came west to Winnipeg and worked at Stonewall, Manitoba. In the fall he came to Regina and a year later located on a homestead in the Long Lake District.
As a carpenter, he helped build the old Parliament Buildings on Dewdney Avenue in Regina, the First Presbyterian Church in Regina and several other buildings. In 1882 he built the first shack in the Long Lake District. He also worked on the Leader Printing Office and bought a copy of the first Leader on March 1, 1883. In 1884 he went to work with Williams and Murphy, Regina contractors, to build the Industrial School buildings at High River, Alberta. On this project he was nearly drowned while rafting lumber down the Bow River from Calgary.
In speaking of poor crops, he recalls that in 1886 the wheat yield in this district was a mere five bushels per acre. In September of that year, Frank took four horses and went to Manitoba to work on the construction of the Manitoba North-Western Railway and also on the Hudson Bay Railway, returning later to the homestead where he resided until his death.
Frank Binnie's home was a stopping place for the settlers going north as, for many years, it was the most northerly farm in the Long Lake district. The settlers also stopped there on their way to and from Regina and Lumsden until the raillroad went through in 1905 and Earl Grey came into being. The first few years the grain was hauled by wagon to Fort Qu'Appelle to be ground into flour. Later a flour mill was built in Regina, again later in Lumsden. Nearly all these settlers stopped at Binnie's for a nights lodging. One settler moving in drove a cow, a bull and a horse, all hitched to the wagon.
Frank Binnie was very active in community work and it is difficult to find a single project on which his name is not mentioned as one of the instigators and faithful workers.
His homestead is believed to be the only one in the immediate vicinity with continuous occupancy by the original homesteader and family since 1883. The Archibald McDougall homestead has had continuous ownership by the same family but has not been lived on continuously. Mary McDougall's second homestead in 1888 has also had continuous occupancy by the original family."
"Binnie
Frank Binnie was born at Quebec, Lower Canada on May 16, 1857. While very young his parents moved to Erin, Wellington County, Upper Canada. In 1882 he came west to Winnipeg and worked at Stonewall, Manitoba. In the fall he came to Regina and a year later located on a homestead in the Long Lake District.
As a carpenter, he helped build the old Parliament Buildings on Dewdney Avenue in Regina, the First Presbyterian Church in Regina and several other buildings. In 1882 he built the first shack in the Long Lake District. He also worked on the Leader Printing Office and bought a copy of the first Leader on March 1, 1883. In 1884 he went to work with Williams and Murphy, Regina contractors, to build the Industrial School buildings at High River, Alberta. On this project he was nearly drowned while rafting lumber down the Bow River from Calgary.
In speaking of poor crops, he recalls that in 1886 the wheat yield in this district was a mere five bushels per acre. In September of that year, Frank took four horses and went to Manitoba to work on the construction of the Manitoba North-Western Railway and also on the Hudson Bay Railway, returning later to the homestead where he resided until his death.
Frank Binnie's home was a stopping place for the settlers going north as, for many years, it was the most northerly farm in the Long Lake district. The settlers also stopped there on their way to and from Regina and Lumsden until the raillroad went through in 1905 and Earl Grey came into being. The first few years the grain was hauled by wagon to Fort Qu'Appelle to be ground into flour. Later a flour mill was built in Regina, again later in Lumsden. Nearly all these settlers stopped at Binnie's for a nights lodging. One settler moving in drove a cow, a bull and a horse, all hitched to the wagon.
Frank Binnie was very active in community work and it is difficult to find a single project on which his name is not mentioned as one of the instigators and faithful workers.
His homestead is believed to be the only one in the immediate vicinity with continuous occupancy by the original homesteader and family since 1883. The Archibald McDougall homestead has had continuous ownership by the same family but has not been lived on continuously. Mary McDougall's second homestead in 1888 has also had continuous occupancy by the original family."
From Buffalo Grass to Wheat: a History of Long Lake district - Craven, Saskatchewan: L.A. Shiels, 1980 - 149-50
"Binnie
Frank Binnie was born at Quebec, Lower Canada on May 16, 1857. While very young his parents moved to Erin, Wellington County, Upper Canada. In 1882 he came west to Winnipeg and worked at Stonewall, Manitoba. In the fall he came to Regina and a year later located on a homestead in the Long Lake District.
As a carpenter, he helped build the old Parliament Buildings on Dewdney Avenue in Regina, the First Presbyterian Church in Regina and several other buildings. In 1882 he built the first shack in the Long Lake District. He also worked on the Leader Printing Office and bought a copy of the first Leader on March 1, 1883. In 1884 he went to work with Williams and Murphy, Regina contractors, to build the Industrial School buildings at High River, Alberta. On this project he was nearly drowned while rafting lumber down the Bow River from Calgary.
In speaking of poor crops, he recalls that in 1886 the wheat yield in this district was a mere five bushels per acre. In September of that year, Frank took four horses and went to Manitoba to work on the construction of the Manitoba North-Western Railway and also on the Hudson Bay Railway, returning later to the homestead where he resided until his death.
Frank Binnie's home was a stopping place for the settlers going north as, for many years, it was the most northerly farm in the Long Lake district. The settlers also stopped there on their way to and from Regina and Lumsden until the raillroad went through in 1905 and Earl Grey came into being. The first few years the grain was hauled by wagon to Fort Qu'Appelle to be ground into flour. Later a flour mill was built in Regina, again later in Lumsden. Nearly all these settlers stopped at Binnie's for a nights lodging. One settler moving in drove a cow, a bull and a horse, all hitched to the wagon.
Frank Binnie was very active in community work and it is difficult to find a single project on which his name is not mentioned as one of the instigators and faithful workers.
His homestead is believed to be the only one in the immediate vicinity with continuous occupancy by the original homesteader and family since 1883. The Archibald McDougall homestead has had continuous ownership by the same family but has not been lived on continuously. Mary McDougall's second homestead in 1888 has also had continuous occupancy by the original family."
"Binnie
Frank Binnie was born at Quebec, Lower Canada on May 16, 1857. While very young his parents moved to Erin, Wellington County, Upper Canada. In 1882 he came west to Winnipeg and worked at Stonewall, Manitoba. In the fall he came to Regina and a year later located on a homestead in the Long Lake District.
As a carpenter, he helped build the old Parliament Buildings on Dewdney Avenue in Regina, the First Presbyterian Church in Regina and several other buildings. In 1882 he built the first shack in the Long Lake District. He also worked on the Leader Printing Office and bought a copy of the first Leader on March 1, 1883. In 1884 he went to work with Williams and Murphy, Regina contractors, to build the Industrial School buildings at High River, Alberta. On this project he was nearly drowned while rafting lumber down the Bow River from Calgary.
In speaking of poor crops, he recalls that in 1886 the wheat yield in this district was a mere five bushels per acre. In September of that year, Frank took four horses and went to Manitoba to work on the construction of the Manitoba North-Western Railway and also on the Hudson Bay Railway, returning later to the homestead where he resided until his death.
Frank Binnie's home was a stopping place for the settlers going north as, for many years, it was the most northerly farm in the Long Lake district. The settlers also stopped there on their way to and from Regina and Lumsden until the raillroad went through in 1905 and Earl Grey came into being. The first few years the grain was hauled by wagon to Fort Qu'Appelle to be ground into flour. Later a flour mill was built in Regina, again later in Lumsden. Nearly all these settlers stopped at Binnie's for a nights lodging. One settler moving in drove a cow, a bull and a horse, all hitched to the wagon.
Frank Binnie was very active in community work and it is difficult to find a single project on which his name is not mentioned as one of the instigators and faithful workers.
His homestead is believed to be the only one in the immediate vicinity with continuous occupancy by the original homesteader and family since 1883. The Archibald McDougall homestead has had continuous ownership by the same family but has not been lived on continuously. Mary McDougall's second homestead in 1888 has also had continuous occupancy by the original family."
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