Category Archives: Photography

Happy Accidents — Westerdale Church

Posted on August 6, 2019 by danocan

Sometimes you stumble across something that can only be described as a “happy accident”. Tonight I found myself doing some research on the ghost town of Alderson. Alderson is a place I have visited multiple times and I was trying … Continue reading →

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Wild Horses of Sundre

Posted on March 30, 2018 by danocan

Time for something a little different. Last weekend we went out for a Sunday drive. At Emily’s suggestion, we decided to head north on the Forestry Trunk Road / Highway 40 to see if we could spot some of the … Continue reading →

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20 Years of Exploring

Posted on March 18, 2018 by danocan

Sometimes a posting comes together quickly. I’ll get an idea for a topic, throw something up on the screen, and publish within an hour or so. Other posts take a long time to come to fruition. This is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, gas station, grain elevator, history, hotel, Montana, Saskatchewan, school, service station | 1 Comment

The Last Trip of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by danocan

The year 2017 will go down as a very good one for the DanOCan.com blog. We managed to increase our number of postings and thus we attracted a lot more visitors this year compared to 2016. It turns out people … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged 2017, abandoned, Aberdeen, Alberta, Alvena, Canada, church, Craigmyle, Cudworth, Dankin, Eatonia, Fiske, grain elevator, Hanna, Harris, history, hotel, Laporte, Mantario, Saskatchewan, service station, Seymour Hotel, Smuts, Tessier, Wakaw | 3 Comments

Arrowwood – The Video

Posted on April 18, 2017 by danocan

Given how little drone footage we took in Arrowwood last week, the resulting video is pretty short and is mainly composed of still images, some of which I used in my original post. Regardless, you can check it out on … Continue reading →

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The Elevators of Mossleigh and Herronton

Posted on January 29, 2017 by danocan

The small Alberta hamlet of Mossleigh has something that few prairie towns can still lay claim to, a row of three grain elevators. While this was once a common sight, these prairie icons are rapidly disappearing and seeing three in … Continue reading →

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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 | 4 Comments