Category Archives: History

Majorville Medicine Wheel

Posted on August 16, 2018 by danocan

Revisiting familiar places is always fun. This time we made our first trip out to the Majorville Medicine Wheel since November of 2016. Last time we were with our friend Richard Hansen, this time we brough Chris and Connie of BigDoer.com … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Bassano, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, cairn, Canada, chickens, Cluny, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, history, Majorville, Majorville Medicine Wheel, Mavic, Mavic Pro, medicine wheel, Siksika | Leave a comment

Return to Nordegg

Posted on August 8, 2018 by danocan

When faced with a Sunday and no real plans, what else to do besides jump in the car and head out and visit another one of Alberta’s historic places? Today’s journey takes us to the ghost town of Nordegg and … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Brazeau Collieries, Canada, cemetery, coal, coal mine, history, mine, museum, Nordegg, Nordegg Mine, tours | Leave a comment

Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Part 2

Posted on July 23, 2018 by danocan

And, it is done. I have finally completed the video from the second day of the annual Alberta ghost town tour. While it seems the summer is moving so quickly this year, there are still plenty of explorations to come … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Badlands, Canada, Carbon, Chancellor, church, Dalum, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, grain elevator, Hesketh, history, Hussar, Kirkpatrick, prairie, school, Sharples | Leave a comment

Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Day One

Posted on July 16, 2018 by danocan

Each year since 2014, we get together with a group of friends and tour around the small towns and abandoned places in an area of Alberta for a weekend. This year our tour took us back to the area surrounding … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, Canada, Craigmyle, Delia, Drumheller, ExploreAlberta, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, Golden Grain School, Michichi, Morrin, museum, prairie, Rowley, Rumsey, school, Special Areas, Springwater School, Surprise School | Leave a comment

Camrose Heritage Railway Station

Posted on July 5, 2018 by danocan

I originally thought this post was going to be more video-based but I failed to capture enough footage to make any sort of compelling video. So, instead, it becomes another blog post with some photos. We stumbled across this museum … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Camrose, Canada, Canadian National, museum, railway, railway depot, railway station | Leave a comment

We Finally Make it to History Road

Posted on June 18, 2018 by danocan

This post is more visual than wordy. Take a little trip with the DanOCan.com crew as we make our way up north to attend an event I’ve been trying to get to for several years.

Posted in Events, History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Canada, History Road, Reynolds Museum, Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Ultimate Car Show, Wetaskiwin | Leave a comment

We Knew Little of New Norway

Posted on June 17, 2018 by danocan

For our next visit we’re going to move a little further north up Highway 21 from Ferintosh to the village of New Norway. New Norway has a population of less than 300 people but has a lot of interesting old … Continue reading →

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