CNHS Motherwell Homestead
N 50° 43.050 W 103° 25.467
13U E 611223 N 5619594
Motherwell Homestead south of Abernethy Saskatchewan.
Waymark Code: WMX1XD
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 11/14/2017
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Motherwell Homestead
In the early 1880s, William R. Motherwell arrived here as part of a large wave of homesteaders from Central Canada., capitalizing on the federal government's offer of free land grants to settle the West. Over the next 25 years, he expanded his original quarter section and built an impressive barn and fieldstone house that recalled the architectural styles of his childhood. Motherwell divided his model farmstead into four quadrants, all ringed with shelter belts of trees, illustrating and Ontario settler's approach to farmstead design and scientific agriculture on the Canadian Prairies.
Le Homestead Motherwell
William R. Motherwell arriva ici au début des années 1880, dans la foulée de nombreux colons venus du centre du Canada pour exploiter les terres que le gouvernement fédéral concédait afin d'inciter le peuplement de l'Ouest. Sur une période de 25 ans, Motherwell agrandit son quart de section et érigea une imposante grange ainsi qu'une maison en pierre des champs inspirées de l'architecture de son Ontario natal. Divisée en quadrants ceinturés d'arbres en brise-vent, cette ferme modéle illustre une adaptation des principes de l'agriculture scientifique et d'un design de ferme ontariens au contexte des Prairies.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Location - City name/Town name: South of Abernethy, Saskatchewan
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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