Moose Lake, Manitoba
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Moose Lake is a small native community located on the northern limits of the Saskatchewan River Delta on the western shore of South Moose Lake about 74 km Southeast of The Pas in Manitoba
, Canada
. There is both an Indian reserve, home to the Mosakahiken Cree Nation, and a non-treaty community on adjacent land.
Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb (also known as THP or Ten Horse-Power Lamb), an Englishman from Yorkshire, began a trading post
in the community in the year 1900. It was known as Lamb's Store. Later, his son Tom Lamb (who later started Lamb Air
) took over the store and operated it with his children for years.
Eventually, Tom's son-in-law Jock McAree and daughter Carol took over the store. Jock ran the store for several years and later his son Greg McAree took over, they added a video games room and expanded with a laundromat.
A company called Northern later bought out Greg and his family.
THP's daughter, Billie Lamb Allan, wrote a memoir of her family's life at Moose Lake at the beginning of the 20th century. The book "Dew Upon the Grass" was published in 1963. The title came from a favorite quotation of her father from the King James version of the bible: "The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass." "Dew Upon the Grass" chronicled the lives of Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb and Caroline Alice Marks Lamb as they raised eleven children in northern Manitoba.
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, Canada
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. There is both an Indian reserve, home to the Mosakahiken Cree Nation, and a non-treaty community on adjacent land.
Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb (also known as THP or Ten Horse-Power Lamb), an Englishman from Yorkshire, began a trading post
Trading post
A trading post was a place or establishment in historic Northern America where the trading of goods took place. The preferred travel route to a trading post or between trading posts, was known as a trade route....
in the community in the year 1900. It was known as Lamb's Store. Later, his son Tom Lamb (who later started Lamb Air
Lamb Air
Lamb Air Ltd. was an airline that began operations in 1934 in The Pas, Manitoba, Canada and went out of business in 1981.-History:Tom Lamb was the son of Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb, who had emigrated from England in the late 19th century. THP Lamb turned from school teacher to fur trader and in...
) took over the store and operated it with his children for years.
Eventually, Tom's son-in-law Jock McAree and daughter Carol took over the store. Jock ran the store for several years and later his son Greg McAree took over, they added a video games room and expanded with a laundromat.
A company called Northern later bought out Greg and his family.
THP's daughter, Billie Lamb Allan, wrote a memoir of her family's life at Moose Lake at the beginning of the 20th century. The book "Dew Upon the Grass" was published in 1963. The title came from a favorite quotation of her father from the King James version of the bible: "The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass." "Dew Upon the Grass" chronicled the lives of Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb and Caroline Alice Marks Lamb as they raised eleven children in northern Manitoba.