Author Archives: danocan

End of the Line for Calgary’s Oldest Service Station

Posted on October 18, 2016 by danocan

“You know the place, even if you never actually purchased fuel from its two outdated pumps, or bought coffee or lottery tickets over the counter inside.” — Michael Platt, Calgary Sun It is a story we see play out again … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alberta, Calgary, demolition, East Village, gas station, history | 7 Comments

Clarendon Hotel in Gull Lake, SK Destroyed by Fire

Posted on October 10, 2016 by danocan

“It’s been happening with depressing regularity over the years — another century-old small town hotel has been hit by fire.” — CBC News It’s a trend that DanOCan.com has noticed. And, I have been making a special effort to take … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Acme, Alberta, Aylesbury, Bassano, Bracken, Calgary, Cardston, Chaplin, Drumheller, Duck Lake, fire, Fort Macleod, Gull Lake, Harris, High River, history, hotel, Imperial, Keelor, Patricia, prairie, Saskatchewan, Smuts, Southey, Yahk, Yellow Creek | 2 Comments

Fire Destroys Spring Valley Grain Elevator – DiscoverMooseJaw.com

Posted on August 25, 2016 by danocan

How many times have you driven past something and said “I’d really like to get a photo of that one day? We always think there will be another chance, another day. Sometimes there isn’t going to be another chance. That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography | Tagged Canada, fire, grain elevator, prairies, Saskatchewan, Spring Valley | 6 Comments

Journey to Garden Plain

Posted on August 23, 2016 by danocan

It was just your typical 1335km weekend road trip. While the primary goal was to attend the Southern Alberta Weekend (SAW) which is an annual Geocaching event put on by the South East Alberta Region Cache Hunters (SEARCH). Of course, for … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, church, Drumheller, Garden Plain, grain elevator, history, prairies, Scapa, Sharples, Springwater School | 11 Comments

Perseid Meteor Shower

Posted on August 13, 2016 by danocan

I’m normally an “early to bed, early to rise” kind of person. I don’t mind waking up before the crack of dawn if it means getting an early start on a road trip or heading to the airport to jet … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography | Tagged church, McDougall Memorial United Church, meteor, outdoors, Perseid, Photography, sky, stars | 2 Comments