About
Our Story
Blue Sky Ranch started with a house. The rest of it, the trails, the cabins, The Granary, grew up around that house the way things do on a farmyard: one at a time, as they were needed.
The homestead
It started with Grandma's House.
The century-old homestead stood on this land through generations of prairie seasons before it was refinished, filled with vintage pieces, and given the name guests know it by today: Grandma’s House. The restoration wasn’t about making it look old. It was about keeping what already felt like home.
The land did the rest. Two quarter sections, about 320 acres, of river hills and deep ravine above the North Saskatchewan, with river views that run for miles in both directions and community pasture on every side. Over time the homestead was joined by the Foreman’s Cabin, the Riverview Cabin, and The Granary, and the family farmyard became a place other families come back to year after year.
- Century-old homestead
- 320 acres, two quarter sections
- Seven trails down to the river
That's the short version.
The long version is best heard around a fire, and there's always a chair.
Did you know
This land helped build the university.
In the 1940s, rocks were quarried from this property to build the first buildings on the University of Saskatchewan campus, including the geology building. A university architect has visited the ranch and confirmed it. The drill marks are still visible in the stone down by the river, along with rods abandoned where the rock refused to split, and a signpost marks the spot.