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Sunnybrook Farm Museum celebrates the early days of Alberta farming. Find your rural roots as you explore Red Deer's oldest farm! In 1899, James Bower came west in search of land. He bought a half section from the Saskatchewan Land and Homestead Company and soon arrived with two railcars full of furniture and his family’s belongings. Mrs. Bower and their children joined him a few months later. The Bowers’ Sunnybrook Farm became well known for its purebred cattle and herd of Percheron horses.
Along with tending his farm, James Bower logged near the Red Deer River canyon and made bricks from local clay. The farm was eventually taken over by his son, Norman. In 1988, Norman and Iva Bower embraced the idea of an agricultural museum in Red Deer by gifting part of their property to the community. The ten acres that now make up Sunnybrook Farm Museum include barns and workshops built by the Bowers.
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#NationalAgWeek Day 5 Fact #5 - Canadian Dairy Farmers sell an average of 8 billion litres of milk to processors every year! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #FactOfTheDay #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #RedDeer #Alberta #NationalAgWeek #FunFacts #CdnAgDay #CreamSeperator #ArtifactOfTheDay
#NationalAgWeek Fact #4 - 1 in 8 Canadian jobs are in agriculture! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #FactOfTheDay #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #RedDeer #Alberta #NationalAgWeek #FunFacts #CdnAgDay #ManureSpreader #ArtifactOfTheDay
Happy #AgDay! Today is a day to recognize, celebrate, and come together to recognize the contributions of agriculture. In fact, agriculture provides almost everything we eat, use and wear on a daily basis. Fact #3 - In Canada, we grow over 150 kinds of potatoes #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #FactOfTheDay #RedDeer #Alberta #NationalAgWeek
#NationalAgWeek Fact #2 - Canada is the world's 3rd largest pork exporter! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #FactOfTheDay #RedDeer #Alberta
It is #NationalAgWeek If you know anyone who is part of the agriculture industry, take a moment this week to thank them for all the hard work they do. And check back for some interesting facts on Canadian Agriculture from #CdnAgDay back in February! Fact #1 - Over 7 Billion Eggs are sold in Canada every year! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #FactOfTheDay #RedDeer #Alberta
Today is March 14th, National Pi Day! To celebrate please enjoy an article from the Red Deer Advocate about our homemade pie sale next week!!! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #PieDay #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta
Yesterday was pastry day for the Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum! Watch for news on the spring pie sale. #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #RedDeer #CentralAlberta #ABMuseum #pieday #PhotoOfTheDay
It's #NationalInventorsDay! In the past, farmers took on many roles to keep their farms running as smoothly. One of those roles was inventor and all around fix-it. In #CentralAlberta one of those inventors was Ian Carlyle. When he required a #truck, he located a 1929 Hudson Super Six car and modified it several times until he had created a vehicle that met his needs. That truck is now located at #SunnybrookFarmMuseum! #PhotoOfTheDay #RedDeer #History #Alberta #Green #Homebuilt #ABMuseum #SundayFunday SB2004.P.01
February is #NationalEmbroideryMonth Embroidery is a way to decorate fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. In #CentralAlberta, the craft was often found on many different household cloth items such as the quilt pictured below. It was given as a wedding gift to a Red Deer couple in 1915! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #ABMuseum #ObjectOfTheDay #History #Alberta #RedDeer #ThrowbackThursday #TBT SB2014.12.01
With the help of our volunteer Ken, we've been updating the Credit Union section of our Co-op Store Exhibition this winter! He has constructed a beautiful fence like the credit union would have used to divide the bank from the store! Come see it this spring when we open for the season! #SunnybrookFarmMuseum #ABMuseum #CentralAlberta #VolunteersAtWork #History #PhotoOfTheDay #RedDeer #Alberta
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