If you drive through Sturgeon County, you may wind up passing a century-old family farm.
The Williams/Christie family from the Gibbons area is one of two families to receive Sturgeon County's 100-year Farm Family Award this year.
The story of the farm starts more than a century ago with Clara Grosland, a 19-year-old woman living in the United States.
When World War 1 broke out, with all the younger men fighting in the army, Grosland's parents sent her to Canada to help her aunt and uncle on their farm.
All Grosland had with her was $3,000 hidden in her clothing to help her uncle buy a tractor. Adjusting for inflation, this would be around $90,000 today.
While working on her uncle's farm, Grosland met and married Jack Williams. In 1921 they bought a homestead just outside of Gibbons in Sturgeon County, which still stands to this day.
Grosland and Williams had three children together, Gerral, John, and Judith. Gerral died at three months old from the Spanish Flu, and John died from a collapsed lung playing college football in the United States.
Judith Christie was the sole survivor and was raised as an only child, where she was taught the ins and outs of farm life.
Christie is now 94 and looks back fondly on her early experiences on the farm.
"I learned inside and outside work, and everything that went along with it," Christie said. "I could do everything."
She said the busiest time of year was during harvest season, while the slowest was over the winter when they only really needed to feed the livestock.
After her parents passed, Christie took over the family property and continued to farm, growing grain and raising livestock such as cows, turkeys, and chickens. Later, she got married and raised seven children on the property.
"I was busy. These mothers nowadays saying, 'I'm bored, I don't know what to do", you don't know what life is all about to be bored," Christie laughed.
A lot has changed for Christie from her humble beginnings on the family farm to where she stands now, including evolving technology.
"Oh my gosh, we did everything with horses by hand. Now with this big machinery, you can hardly get in the darn things."
Christie said her daughter-in-law had heard about the 100-year farm family awards. The family got work gathering documents that proved the farm's age and were eventually presented with a plaque commemorating them.
The pride that the family takes in the farm is unrivalled. From when they took root in Sturgeon County in the early 20th to the modern day, the entire family is excited for what the next 100 years hold.