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Road Trip to Lethbridge
Posted in Travel
Tagged geocaching, Canada, Alberta, road trip, Nanton, Priddis, Granum, Cowboy Trail
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Ghost Town Convention 2008
Yes, another look back at a previous weekend of exploration, this time from July of 2008. With a home base of Ardath, Saskatchewan, twelve keen abandoned places explorers set out to see what they could find… Unlike last week, I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Tagged Canada, abandoned, grain elevator, Saskatchewan, Harris, ghost town, Tessier, Ardath, Conquest, Bounty, Laura
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Looking Back at the First Ghost Town Convention – Hallonquist, Saskatchewan 2007
Almost a dozen years ago, I wrote a blog post about how a group of strangers first came together on a hot July weekend in 2007 in southern Saskatchewan and spent two days touring ghost towns and abandoned places together. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography
Tagged abandoned, Braddock, Canada, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Hallonquist, prairie, Saskatchewan, school
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Some of the Best Grain Elevators on the Canadian Prairies
Some are gone, some are still standing, but in this video we look at some of my favorite grain elevators on the Canadian prairies.
Posted in drone, History, Photography
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Canada, grain elevator, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
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Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotive 5931 – “The Selkirk”
“Because we have let so many things slip away unnoticed is no reason why we should not now start to retain what may soon be only remembered…” — Ken Liddell, August 10, 1955 Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 5931, 5934, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Pacific, Heritage Park, locomotive, Mewata Park, railroad, railway, Shaw Millennium Park, steam engine
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