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Tag Archives: Canada
Farewell to Sears
I’m going to take a little detour from the vacation posts and instead talk about Sears. I’m not interested in discussing what went wrong for the once-mighty retailer in terms of a retail case study, but rather looking at the … Continue reading
STST2017: Notch Hill Church
Let me issue a disclaimer right up front. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t disclose the location of this church with this much detail. I would have normally said “near Sorrento” and left it at that, but I wanted to be … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, church, history, Holy Cross Church, Notch Hill, Notch Hill Church, railway, Sorrento, Vacation 2017
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STST2017: Glacier Park Lodge
All too often on these pages we document the loss of historic structures, and this one is relatively new compared to many that we have lost over the years. The Glacier Park Lodge is located on the TransCanada Highway in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, demolition, Glacier Park Lodge, history, Parks Canada, Rogers Pass, TransCanada Highway, Vacation 2017
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STST2017: Field Telegraph Office
The small brick telegraph office has become like an old friend that I always stop in and check on when passing by, just to make sure everything is going well. Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Field, history, telegraph, telegraph office, telephone, trains, vacation, Vacation 2017
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Two Endangered Elevators
It may be snowy and blustery today, but back in September when we made our way out to Moose Jaw for Threshing Bee, it was a glorious hot day. While normal people would take the TransCanada Highway from Calgary to … Continue reading
Posted in drone, History, Travel
Tagged Canada, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, Fox Valley, grain elevator, Mortlach, Saskatchewan
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