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Tag Archives: Canada
Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Day One
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
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Camrose Heritage Railway Station
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
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We Finally Make it to History Road
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
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We Knew Little of New Norway
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
Posted in History
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Canada, church, ghost town, history, New Norway, travel'
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Flashing Through Ferintosh
“Shoot first and ask questions later.” It’s sort of how DanOCan.com operates. It is very rare that we know much about a place before visiting. Our style is much more about discovering an interesting place, doing some basic research about … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Canada, church, Ferintosh, history, hotel, John McLeod, Little Beaver Lake, school
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