Today we spent the day hiking the trails at the Criddle Vane Homestead.
"Criddle-Vane Homestead (RM of South Cypress)
The buildings on this site formed the homestead of English immigrant Percy Criddle
and his wife and children, along with Mrs. Elise Vane and her children.
They arrived in western Manitoba in 1882. Also known as Aweme (the
basis for which is unclear although some stories maintain it is a
truncation of “Awe Me”), the Criddles and Vanes tried to recreate a
genteel English landscape in the Carberry sand hills, building a tennis
court and golf course, among other amenities. Percy and his children
were active naturalists, and his sons Norman Criddle and Stuart Criddle were acclaimed for their work in entomology, horticulture, and other pursuits.In 2004, the site was designated as a provincial park."
The Biography of Elise Vane
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