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Cold Weather Drone Tips and a Flight Over Bents, Saskatchewan
Recently we had the chance to take a drive to the ghost town of Bents, Saskatchewan. Bents is home to a relatively famous and oft-photographed grain elevator which has really suffered a lot of damage over the last few years … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, Bents, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, ghost town, ghost towns, grain elevator, Saskatchewan
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Bowden Hotel Lost to Fire
It’s a new year but the same old story — another old building lost to fire. This time it was the hotel in Bowden, Alberta. I wasn’t able to locate any history as to when the building was built nor … Continue reading
Once Upon A Christmas at Heritage Park
We set off with a couple of vintage postcards and a map of Heritage Park from the early 1970s as we explore “Once Upon a Christmas” and get into the spirit of the season.
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Sun Dek Motel in Medicine Hat, Alberta
On July 2, 1966 a woman named Maude wrote a postcard to a couple in New York state. More than fifty-five years later it found its way into the hands of DanOCan and started him unraveling a mystery that spans … Continue reading
