Ah Canadians Forgot about the Second Winter!

[binthere]

huge tract of land from quill lakes east to aberdeen through prudhomme vonda and from alvena south to dana was called lake of islands

[Blaithin]

Got buried in Central Alberta last night. Roads are crap, especially the gravel. Hotwire isn't looking so great either.

[fjlip]

I don't know if it is true or not but I heard a guy on the radio say that the Quill Lakes was as high as it is now in 1914.

I have also heard that Natives told story's from generation to generation that the Qu'Appelle Valley was a huge lake that their ancestors could not cross.

And also in 1880's, Quill over flowed into Last Mountain twice so far. In those years certainly NO DRAINAGE, in fact very few people, and land around it was covered in TREES! Must have been one hell of a wet cycle.
But that agrees with the full potholes over flowing scenario. Closing ditches only works IF it stops RAINING 20" a year!

[newguy]

so the normal weather cycle sask farmer was talking about is a 125 year cycle.