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Cannington Manor was an ill-fated attempt to transplant English country life into the Canadian Prairies starting in 1882.

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Cecil LeMesurier's cabin at Cannington Manor shows the inventiveness of the earliest settlers.
Circa 1895
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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"Didsbury", a 26 room stone mansion with ball room.
Circa 1889
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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Beckton Ranch, also known as "Didsbury".
Circa 1887
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada

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A room called the "The Rams Pasture" at "Didsbury" the Beckton ranch.
Circa 1896
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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The village of Cannington Manor, Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, North West Territories
Circa 1885
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada

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Cannington Manor Fox Hounds
Circa 1891
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada

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All Saints Anglican Church
Circa 1884
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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Interior of All Saints Anglican Church.
Circa 1884
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada

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Humphry-Hewlett Ranch
Circa 1950
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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Thomas Hislop`s gravel house built in 1883 was the first masonry structure in area.
Picture taken Circa 1986
Cannington Manor, Assiniboia, Canada
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Walter Howay`s round barn.
Circa 1910
Wilmar, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Cathedral roof barn under construction
Circa 1915
Kisbey, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Duncan Lees Barns at Blair Atholl (named after a village in Perthshire, Scotland).
Circa 1906
Arcola, Saskatchewan, Canada
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