Tag Archives: church

The Last Trip of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by danocan

The year 2017 will go down as a very good one for the DanOCan.com blog. We managed to increase our number of postings and thus we attracted a lot more visitors this year compared to 2016. It turns out people … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged 2017, abandoned, Aberdeen, Alberta, Alvena, Canada, church, Craigmyle, Cudworth, Dankin, Eatonia, Fiske, grain elevator, Hanna, Harris, history, hotel, Laporte, Mantario, Saskatchewan, service station, Seymour Hotel, Smuts, Tessier, Wakaw | 3 Comments

STST2017: Vancouver Island

Posted on November 5, 2017 by danocan

While Vancouver Island was our goal for this trip, we actually had very little time on “The Island” itself. We arrived in Nanaimo in the evening and spent the night with our friend Lila and her husband. The next day … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History, Travel | Tagged Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada, church, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, drone, Duncan, history, Kinsol Trestle, lighthouse, railway, Stone Butter Church, trestle, Ucluelet, vacation, Vacation 2017 | Leave a comment

STST2017: Notch Hill Church

Posted on October 14, 2017 by danocan

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 | Leave a comment

Weekend of Exploring

Posted on July 6, 2017 by danocan

We’re not sure what to call it. Alberta GTC (Ghost Town Convention), Mini GTC, Abandoned Weekend. Let’s be honest, whatever you call it doesn’t matter because to those who “get it” no name is required. For those who don’t “get … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, Canada, Cessford, church, DJI, DJI Mavic Pro, Dorothy, grain elevator, Patricia, Pollockville, prairies, Rose Lynn, Sheerness, Special Areas, Steveville | 4 Comments

McDougall Church: Gone

Posted on May 22, 2017 by danocan

We were coming home from a long weekend of fun. I had just turned off of the TransCanada Highway onto Morley Road, both to escape the Victoria Day traffic as well as because Waze always suggests that route when navigating … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alberta, Canada, church, fire, history, loss, McDougall Memorial United Church, Morley, Morleyville | 4 Comments

Badlands — the Video

Posted on April 3, 2017 by danocan

Finally! It took multiple attempts to get this together after Windows Movie Maker kept crapping out on the clip of Wayne for some reason. I had to split the video in two, compile each half separately and then put the … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Atlas Coal Mine, Badlands, Big Valley, Canada, church, Dorothy, Drumheller, Last Chance Saloon, Rosedeer Hotel, Rowley, Wayne | 5 Comments

Christ Church in Millarville

Posted on March 10, 2017 by danocan

Earlier this month I took a very creative route home from Calgary — it happens a lot when you’re like me. My drive brought me by the Christ Church near Millarville, Alberta. This is a location we have visited on … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History | Tagged 1896, Alberta, Canada, Charles Shack, Christ Church, church, DJI, drone, Frank Watt, Gothic Revival, history, Mavic Pro, Millarville | 1 Comment