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Tag Archives: Canada
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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Montana Road Trip
Since we had to take a trip to Montana, we couldn’t resist checking out some sights along the way. On the Canadian side we stop in Milk River and Coutts, with a drive-by of the Warner grain elevators. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Canada, Coutts, grain elevator, Milk River, Shelby, Sweetgrass, USA, Warner
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Touring the Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest
In this adventure, Mabel the Dog and I set out to tour the Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest out in beautiful Kananaskis Country, Alberta.
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Tagged Alberta, Canada, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, Jumping Pound, Jumpingpound, Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest, Kananaskis, tour
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