Mystery solved!

My late mother-in-law told us about the King of England coming to stay with them at their home in Ebeneezer Saskatchewan.  She said she was young and her mother really cleaned the house for this dignitary.  I was skeptical, however, I went to the library and searched Royal Visits by King of England between 1915 - 1930 and found nothing.  That was many years ago. 

At the family reunion a couple of years ago it came up again.  Someone said "somewhere there is a picture", but we never got a copy or heard any more.  Many of the cousins heard the same story. 

Cec and I were visiting his first cousin, Donald, and Rodney, Donald's son, had a history book that showed a picture of their grandfather and Edward, Prince of Wales hunting in the Qu'Appelle Valley! 

I started searching once again as now I had more information, not a king, but Prince and a better idea of what year.  It's much easier at home on a computer!  I found the following:

The Prince’s Canadian tour began on August 11, 1919, when his ship arrived at Newfoundland. It ended on November 10, when he left Canada by train to begin his visit to the United States. His Canadian itinerary took him to many cities across the country. Canadians gathered in cities, towns and villages along the route to see the Prince.

Son of George V, Edward became Prince of Wales in 1911. When his father died in January 1936, he became King Edward VIII but abdicated 10 months later. After his abdication, he was given the title Duke of Windsor.

Edward, Prince of Wales and Christoph Dreger duck hunting, October 1919

1919 Tour of Canada

The visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada in autumn 1919 was one of the first major cross-Canada events covered by the motion picture newsreels. Library and Archives Canada has preserved silent film of the event, including the film entitled Britain’s Future King. 

You Tube 1919 Visit

I saw another picture of the duck hunting trip on the link below, but only the Prince is in the picture.

Photos of his visit