Larry's Place
The place
Larry's Place in Saskatchewan, Hudson Bay/Preeceville sector (Parkland Region, Canadian Prairies, Canada), at 634 m altitude, Canadian Prairies plateau. Continuous Canada Prairies cluster (batches 200-359). Rustic private cabin (name "Larry," typical of an English pioneer farmer), area within the aspen parkland biome, a prairie-boreal transition zone with Populus tremuloides + Prunus virginiana + Cornus stolonifera + Duck Mountain Provincial Park (26,000 ha + moose, Alces alces, population 2,000 + grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis, extinct in southern Canada, last one killed in Manitoba in 1900) + heritage of the Cree-Métis (Nêhiyawak, Algonquian people, 100,000 speakers of Cree across the Prairies + Métis, descendants of French-Cree voyageur unions at Red River, resistance of 1869-70, Louis Riel executed 1885 following the North-West Rebellion, foundational to Métis Nation identity, recognized under Section 35 in 2003).
The setting
Saskatchewan Hudson Bay/Preeceville Parkland Prairies Canada 634 m Prairies plateau, continuous cluster batches 200-359, private Larry pioneer, aspen parkland Populus tremuloides/Prunus virginiana/Cornus stolonifera + Duck Mountain PP 26,000 ha Alces alces 2,000 + Ursus arctos horribilis extinct southern Canada last Manitoba 1900, Cree-Métis Nêhiyawak 100,000 Cree Prairies + Métis French-Cree voyageurs Riel 1869-70 executed 1885 North-West Rebellion + Métis Nation 2003 Section 35.
