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Drone Footage of Freight Train near Mortlach, Saskatchewan
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Tagged Besant Campground, Canada, CPR, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, freight train, Mavic Pro, Saskatchewan, train, trains
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Moose Jaw Road Trip – Part 4
Our fourth day on the road sees us finally make it to Moose Jaw and the Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village Museum. After a quick walk through the swap meet, we set out to tour the various buildings and exhibits.
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Canada, grain elevator, history, Moose Jaw, museum, road trip, Saskatchewan, Sukanen, Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village Museum
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Visiting the Mortlach Museum in Saskatchewan
We have been trying to visit the museum in Mortlach, Saskatchewan for many years now but either always had no time to stop or we could only stop at a time when they were closed. This time I made a special effort to make sure we showed up when we could actually get inside and tour.
The museum is housed inside the village’s original fire hall from 1911. In addition to housing the horse-drawn fire apparatus, the building also housed the village’s jail cell on the main floor, along with the village offices and courtroom on the second floor.
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Tagged Canada, fire hall, history, Mortlach, museum, Saskatchewan
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Road Trip to Moose Jaw – Part 2
It’s our first time venturing into the Cypress Hills and there is a lot to see. From the restored 1908 St. Margaret’s church to a “museum” of fire prevention, to the highest point of land in Canada between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador, to a memorial near the site where the first member of the NWMP was killed in the line of duty.
Campgrounds, backroads, old buildings and maybe even a Geocache or two — it’s all here in Part 2 of our road trip to Moose Jaw.
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Tagged abandoned, Alberta, backroads, church, Cypress Hills, exploring, Provincial Park, school, St. Margarets
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Road Trip to Moose Jaw – Part 1
In what I expect to be a three-part series, we chronicle our journey with Bella the Boler to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Our ultimate goal is to attend the First Annual Swap Meet at the Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village Museum.
Our first stop along the way is the Brooks Aqueduct Historic Site.
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Tagged abandoned, Alberta, aqueduct, Brooks, Brooks Aqueduct, Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, history, National Historic Site, Provincial Historic Site
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