The Cabin - Okema Beach, Emma Lake, SK

On our way home from Candle lake we decided to head east to Emma Lake.  My great-grandfather built a cabin on Okema Beach (Emma Lake) in 1931 and as far as we knew it was still in the family. Growing up I'd seen many photos of my dad and his mom at this very cabin.  I called my dad for a rough idea of where it was.  After a few failed attempts and a fish and chip lunch with the kids my dad remembered Okema Beach.  We asked a local and they pointed us in the right direction only a mile down the road.  When my dad first spent the summer of 1944 there the cabin was not too far down the road,  well now 66 years later it was much further down the road as more cabins have been built on the lots.  I was  eagerly looking for the name Sewell hoping it would be posted at the end of the driveway like many of the other cabins, I would later come to find out that the sign was hand painted with a feather by my great grandfather.  Much to my delight I spotted it "The Sewell Cabin", I thought "this is it" and didn't hesitate to knock on the door afterall this was such an opportunity to bring the past into the present.  I knocked on what I thought looked like a miniature door and to my surprise I was greeted with a very warm hello by who I would soon find out was my second cousin.  They welcomed us with open arms gave us a tour, took pictures and offered to have us for supper.  It was such a comforting experience to be in a place I so often saw in photos with dad and a grandmother of whom I wasn't forunate enough to meet.