Larry Becker
Saskatchewan farmer who, with Grace Bekker, reminisces about life on the River Farm along the Wood River on the podcast Waders: Prairie Water Stories.
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For early homesteading families, the water was where community gathered, like for Larry and Grace Bekker, who lived next to the Wood River most of their lives.
Larry BeckerGUEST
And that's where my mother was raised, and then when she and I go visit them, days like this, we were in the river from 8:00 until late, 9:00 o'clock at it.
Larry BeckerGUEST
Every farmyard that lived right on the river had their own private swimming hole.
Larry BeckerGUEST
Now, there are days like this, there's a lot of the Grauberg people would come out and utilize it, which is fine.