Category Archives: History

Uppertown FireFighters Museum in Astoria Oregon – Flashback to 2002

Posted on October 17, 2020 by
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Alberta Ghost Town Tour – Part II

Posted on October 5, 2020 by

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 →

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Vincent Bonnay and the Hidden Lives of Ghost Towns

Posted on September 22, 2020 by

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 →

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Annual Alberta Ghost Town Trip – Part One

Posted on September 18, 2020 by

Normally we gather every July to spend two days traveling around a section of Alberta as part of the “Ghost Town Convention”. The name is a bit of a misnomer as there are no real convention elements to it, it … Continue reading →

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Touring the Alsask Radar Dome

Posted on September 10, 2020 by

If you have ever driven Alberta Highway 9 / Saskacthewan Highway 7 between Calgary and Saskatoon, you likely have noticed the large white object which sits just north of the highway right on the border between the two provinces. If … Continue reading →

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