Tag Archives: church

We Knew Little of New Norway

Posted on June 17, 2018 by danocan

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 →

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Flashing Through Ferintosh

Posted on June 10, 2018 by danocan

“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 | 2 Comments

Big Valley, Alberta

Posted on May 6, 2018 by danocan

Our trees may not be busting out with leaves, but to borrow a phrase from Tom Petty, “I feel summer creeping in” and that means it is time to get back on the road and out exploring — at least … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Big Valley, blue church, Canada, church, grain elevator, history, railroad, railway, St. Edmund's Church, train station | Leave a comment

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