Places Shown on map shown:
Steelman
Hirsch
Frobisher
Deborah
Openshaw
North Portal
Schools:
McColl School #2539- Section 12, Township 1, Range 4, W2
Stony Run School # 1051, SW 1/4 Sec 15, Township 1, Range 3, W2
Mayflower School #866, NE 1/4 Section 32 , Township 3, Range 3, W2
Out Of Sight School # 1345, SE 1/4 Sec 5, Township 2, Range 3, W2
Pipe Line- shown heading south of Hirsch to the Souris River, was the CPR Water line, to their pumphouse on the river.
This was the water line for the Steam Locomotives used at the time.
Land Owned by my Dad, Phil Gent, marked in Pencil
Souris River (aka, Mouse River, St. Pierre)
Tributary of the Assiniboine River, Originates in Yellow Grass marshes, north of Weyburn, SK.
Goes down to Minot, ND, USA, then back up into Manitoba, Canada, ending at the Assiniboine River.
The mouth of the Souris was the site of Two Rivers School and a short lived village called Souris Mouth, and/or Two Rivers.
which today, is just a couple miles, NE of Treesbank Manitoba, 700 km (435 mi) in length and drains about 17,600 square miles
2 dams are on this river now, Rafferty and Alameda
CNR running from Steelman to Openshaw on this map, NW to SE
CPR running from Hirsch to Frobisher to Oxbow, SW to NE