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Zoolights 2020
Posted in Events
Tagged #zoolightsyyc, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, winter, zoo, zoolights
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Journey to “Tap Town” – Forgotten Roadside History
It was once one of the most popular roadside attractions in the entire province of Alberta but today it is a mostly forgotten piece of local history. This is an overview of how the small town of Nanton, Alberta capitalized … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Canada, Canada's Finest Water, history, Nanton, Nanton water, roadside, water tap
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Uppertown FireFighters Museum in Astoria Oregon – Flashback to 2002
Posted in History
Tagged Astoria, fire apparatus, museum, Oregon, Uppertown Firefighters Museum, USA
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Alberta Ghost Town Tour – Part II
It took me some time to get around to editing and posting the second half of the 2020 Alberta Ghost Town Tour, but here it is. Now, let me head off a minor controversy which reared its head in the … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History
Tagged Alberta, church, EID Historical Park, Enchant, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Majorville Medicine Wheel, Retlaw, Scandia, Turin
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Vincent Bonnay and the Hidden Lives of Ghost Towns
A few weeks back I mentioned we visited Rowley with journalists Johnnie Bachusky and Vincent Bonnay. I occurred to me that I never shared Vincent’s final outcome of his web series on Alberta ghost towns. Here it is! “The hidden … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, CBC, ghost town, ghost towns, Johnnie Bachusky, prairie, Rowley, Vincent Bonnay
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