Living Landscapes

From Broad Axe to Clay Chinking
Foreman Flats
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When you come to the end of the road at Foreman Flats, you will see an old log building which, in reality, is actually two buildings, both houses. The first house, which was once owned by a man named Scotty Howsin, is smaller. He only stayed there in the summer time when he made hay for his dray horses. The rest of the time he stayed in town in South Fort George, where he delivered wood and coal. He was also a journeyman-carpenter and got a fair amount of work. He was married and had a daughter.

The second house, belonged to Albert Junker, his mother and stepfather, Andy and Mrs. Crooks. They had moved up from Montana and homesteaded a quarter section here in the early 1920's. The men farmed and logged, being sub-contractors in a tie-hacking business for the railway. Mrs. Crooks, who was close to ninety when she died, loved plants and was very knowledgeable with herbs and wild plants for medicinal use.

This house was going to be burned and destroyed, but the present owner bought it and moved it to his land. He numbered each log before dismantling the building. He reconstructed it adjoining it to the first building.

Living Landscapes


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When you come to the end of the road at Foreman Flats, you will see an old log building which, in reality, is actually two buildings, both houses. The first house, which was once owned by a man named Scotty Howsin, is smaller. He only stayed there in the summer time when he made hay for his dray horses. The rest of the time he stayed in town in South Fort George, where he delivered wood and coal. He was also a journeyman-carpenter and got a fair amount of work. He was married and had a daughter. The second house, belonged to Albert Junker, his mother and stepfather, Andy and Mrs. Crooks. They had moved up from Montana and homesteaded a quarter section here in the early 1920's. The men farmed and logged, being sub-contractors in a tie-hacking business for the railway. Mrs. Crooks, who was close to ninety when she died, loved plants and was very knowledgeable with herbs and wild plants for medicinal use. This house was going to be burned and destroyed, but the present owner bought it and moved it to his land. He numbered each log before dismantling the building. He reconstructed it adjoining it to the first building.