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- A Brief History of the Big Ditch and Ronalane Bridge in Southern Alberta
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- Exploring Skunk Hollow, Alberta
- Restoring Alberta’s Prairie Sentinel: The Dorothy Grain Elevator Rises Again
- Sharples: An Extremely Endangered Grain Elevator
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A Quick Trip to Arrowwood
“Couple visits small town in Alberta and what they found missing will shock you…” Oh, if only I could bring myself to use clickbait-style headlines like that! Anyway, on to the article… On Good Friday, Emily and I found ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, History
Tagged Alberta, Arrowwood, Canada, Co-Op, grain elevator, siphon
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Badlands — the Video
Finally! It took multiple attempts to get this together after Windows Movie Maker kept crapping out on the clip of Wayne for some reason. I had to split the video in two, compile each half separately and then put the … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Atlas Coal Mine, Badlands, Big Valley, Canada, church, Dorothy, Drumheller, Last Chance Saloon, Rosedeer Hotel, Rowley, Wayne
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Another Badlands Trip
Last weekend we made one of our semi-regular trips out to Rowley, Alberta for pizza night at Sam’s Saloon. I won’t go into great detail about pizza night. Let’s just say it is a “must do” Alberta experience. If you … Continue reading
Posted in drone, Travel
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A Short History of Mitford
The story of Mitford, Alberta is not unique from many other towns that dotted the prairie landscape at the end of the 1800s. It started with a dream, in this case the dream of one Tom Cochrane, who is apparently … Continue reading
Jumping Over to Jumping Pound Hall
I promised I would get back to some historical place posts. Today’s posting is about the Jumping Pound Hall. Located just southwest of Cochrane, the hall was originally built in 1927, at least according to the sign in front of … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, drone, history, Jumping Pound, Jumpingpouind
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