7 BAR L Cattle Ranch
In 1953 he had an idea that the area bordered by Moose and Cedar Lakes to the east and Saskatchewan River to the south and Manitoba-Saskatchewan border on the west was ideal cattle country. He suggested to the Manitoba Government that the area could be developed into one of the richest cattle regions of the west and an attempt might be made to get the local Indian people interested in small cattle holdings.He was not successful in convincing the government on this idea, so he went out to prove his point first hand. He obtained a 10 year lease on 2000 acres, put in drainage, created fields for grazing and haying and put in barley, oats and wheat.


By 1964, the development of the Grand Rapids Hydroelectric project resulted in the flooding of the lease area. Tom Lamb fought the Manitoba government to recoup losses resulting from the flooding. He lost. Nearly 600 head of cattle were sold in January and February 1964. The headline on the sale ads was “All Must Be Sold - Not One Left by a Dam Site”