Memory Mondays – Winter Activities

This month’s #MemoryMondays features images of winter activities! In the days before central heating and easily accessible grocery stores, Saskatchewan’s cold climate and long winters required a lot of preparation to get through safely and comfortably. Take a look at some of these winter tasks!

This photo from March 1920 shows someone using a gas engine to chop wood. The comments on the photo note that gas engines were very helpful and saved a lot of labour!

Hunting was a great way to restock food stores throughout winter. This photo shows someone hunting behind a house in the winter of 1918.

When there was snow on the ground that was difficult or impossible to traverse on wheels, sleighs like this were used to travel on top of the snow. No date.

This photo from February 1948 shows a snowmobile in Saskatoon, near the corner of 21^st St E and 4^th Ave. The notes on the photo refer to this as a ‘winter taxi.’ Though not part of an official taxi service, it was used by an individual in Waldheim to transport people to and from Saskatoon during the winter.