Lewis Cruikshank (d. ~1940)
Lewis Cruikshank's 160- acre homestead on Ogilvie island was exclusive of a five-acre parcel that had been sold to R. Freeman in 1903. By 1910, Cruikshank had several wood permits in the Sixtymile area. By 1918, he had twelve acres under cultivation and was living in a house on the five-acre parcel that he had acquired. By 1926, the parcel was still not surveyed. He said that he had been there for twenty years and the longer he stayed the poorer he got. In 1923, he was burned out completely and a flood in 1925 washed everything away including wood, chickens, fences, buildings, and a horse. He was a gardener of some repute and grew wheat, alfalfa, brome grass, potatoes and made a good cranberry wine. He developed cancer and took his own life.1)