Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada
Activities
Threshing Days © Parks Canada
Experiences to Discover
Threshing Days
It’s time for the threshing gang to get the crop ready for market at the Motherwell Homestead. See a demonstration with the 1911 Hart Parr tractor and a 1920’s Case thresher. Watch as horses work the land. Taste homemade food. Listen to lively musical entertainment. Participate in children's activities. City slickers welcome!
Grand Old Man of Canadian Agriculture © Parks Canada
Grand Old Man of Canadian Agriculture
What are your favourite home grown foods? Connect their “roots” to W.R. Motherwell. Lured from Ontario by the promise of free land, Motherwell dedicated his life to western agriculture and became Canada’s first Minister of Agriculture. Learn about binding, stooking and threshing. This great pioneer employed many techniques still practiced today! See his machines, his garden and his land.
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