Dates
The year the diary was published.
What is 2018?
One of these was destroyed by fire and the other by wind.
What is home?
The cost of a room for a day in Ft. Garry at the time of the journey.
What is $1.50?
As described in the diary it is a, "Huge structure that glistens in the sun!"
What is an iceberg?
After homesteading, the children would attend school, but not regularly during this season due to harsh weather.
What is during the winter.
The place of first landfall in Canada.
What is Quebec?
The author of the article, not the diary.
Who is Lind Crockatt?
On this date the diary's author reached, "home".
What is July 26th 1882?
The diary author's journey started in this English city.
What is Liverpool?
The day's wages for a carpenter in Ft. Garry.
What is $2.50?
This is the name of the article author's great great grandfather.
What is James Frys Hindmarch?
May 24th had this significance to England and her colonies.
What is Queen Victoria's birthday?
This is the full title of where to go to get a homestead.
What is the Dominion Land Office?
Land speculators would purchase land and sell it for more. This amount was mentioned.
What is $350?
The name of the diary author's wife.
What is Ann Appleton?
James died in this year at the age of 48, only 16 years after arriving in Canada.
What is 1898?
This is the name of the town that died out after the railway went through 10 miles south.
What is Cannington Manor?
In Oak Lake a meal could be had for two bits and a nickel or in other words this amount.
What is $0.30?
James was a shareholder in what type of factory. Something of note is Mr. Street lived across the road from one when he was your age.
What is a cheese factory?