Lucky’s Stone House on Sylvan Lake’s 46th Street

As we look forward to some amazing weather, our thoughts quickly turn to the Lake.

The Stone House on 46^th Street was built in 1913 by Mr. Auguste (Lucky) Loquet. He and his sister Selena immigrated from their farm in St. Omer, near Dunkerque, France. He originally homesteaded near Third Point. He was an avid hunter and trapper and worked in logging camps. He and his sister tried to live off the wild animals and birds of the area and practiced a fair amount of taxidermy. His sister kept house for him as Auguste never married. He was a wonderful story teller and lived to be in his 90’s. After his sister died he lived with the Balfontaine (Bellfontaine) family.

As stated in the Sylvan Lake News, January 5^th, this historic building has since been occupied as a residence, café, retail outlet, art gallery, framing store and a day spa. As of January, 2017, it will reopen as “Crafted for the Home”, owned by Beth Meier, and will feature creations from a number of local artists and has the potential to host two full floors of artistic exhibition.

ref 2012.35.7 photo (1912 Hunting Party) Left to right: Miss Lucky (Loquet) Tanche, Adalbert Tanche, Peter Longville, John Tanche, August (Lucky) Loque

Thanks to Sylvan Lake and District Archives.

Sylvan Lake Archives

Follow Author

Sylvan Lake’s Castle of Dreams

Community / 7 years ago

Lucky’s Stone House on Sylvan Lake’s 46th Street

Community / 8 years ago

Remember Sylvan Lake’s “Silver Dolphin”?

Community

First Battle of Alberta this NHL season to bring big boost to Child Advocacy Centre!

Published on October 13, 2024

Todayville

From the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre

The Edmonton Oilers MEGA 50/50 is BACK in support of three amazing organizations

By purchasing your Oilers MEGA 50/50 tickets today, you’re helping to support the CACAC, along with Little Warriors and Zebra Child & Youth Advocacy Centre .

Purchase before 1PM to be eligible for all 4 early bird prizes, including a $500 Esso card, 2 PCL Loge Arkells tickets for November 1, $1000 for Alberta Beef, and $10,000 CASH!

Early Bird draws!

Buy before 1:00 for $500 Esso card

Buy before 7:00 for 2 PCL Loge Arkells tickes

Buy before 7:30 for $1,000 Alberta Beef

Buy before 8:00 for $10,000 Cash!

THANK YOU EDMONTON OILERS!

Community

Winners announced for Red Deer Hospital Lottery

Published on June 28, 2024

Red Deer Regional Health Foundation

The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation has announced the winners of the 2024 Red Deer Hospital Lottery Dream Home and Tiny Home prize packages, as well as the Mega Bucks 50.

The Mega Bucks 50 jackpot reached $607,200.00, which makes Carolyn Pelerine of Cochrane, Alberta the winner of $303,600.00.

In addition, the luxurious Tree Hugger Tiny Home Prize Package, complete with accessories by Urban Barn and valued at $163,798.00, is now owned by Mary Vincent of Red Deer.

The coveted Sorento Dream Home Prize Package, which includes furnishings and accessories by Urban Barn and boasts a total value of $1,072,624.00, has been awarded to Maxine Rumohr of Sylvan Lake.

The highly anticipated draw took place at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation office, located within the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, with an announcement following live on Facebook, allowing participants and supporters to join in the excitement virtually.

“We are delighted to congratulate the winners of this year’s Red Deer Hospital Lottery,” said Manon Therriault, Chief Executive Officer of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. “The funds raised from this lottery will significantly contribute to enhancing patient care and services at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who participated and supported this important cause.”

Proceeds from the Red Deer Hospital Lottery and Mega Bucks 50 will contribute to acquiring critically needed, state-of-the-art equipment for several units at the Red Deer Hospital.

This year’s lottery will fund equipment such as a phototherapy system, which allows parents to hold and soothe their infant while undergoing phototherapy, a cardiology case cart to monitor cardiac rhythms during stress testing, and other equipment to help provide excellent care for patients in the emergency and operating rooms at the Red Deer Hospital.

The winners of a variety of electronics were also drawn today. A full list of winners will be available in the coming days on the official lottery website at reddeerhospitallottery.ca. Prize winners who have not already been notified will receive a letter in the mail with instructions on how to claim their prizes.

The keys to the Sorento Dream Home and the Tree Hugger Tiny Home will be presented to the winners at a special ceremony this summer.