Tag Archives: Ghost Town Tour

Looking Back at the First Ghost Town Convention – Hallonquist, Saskatchewan 2007

Posted on March 13, 2023 by danocan

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 | Leave a comment

Alberta / Saskatchewan Ghost Town Trip – Day One

Posted on July 31, 2021 by danocan

If you have followed the blog and our adventures for any length of time, you undoubtedly are aware we love to make an annual trip with friends to explore the small towns and abandoned places around Alberta and/or Saskatchewan. There … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Botha, Bulwark, Bulwark School, Cadogen, Canada, Castor, church, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Halkirk, history, hotel, Metiskow, museum, museums, Paradise Valley, railroad, Red Lion Bar and Grill, schools, Skyline Cemtery | 6 Comments

Alberta Ghost Town Tour – Part II

Posted on October 5, 2020 by danocan

It took me some time to get around to editing and posting the second half of the 2020 Alberta Ghost Town Tour, but here it is. Now, let me head off a minor controversy which reared its head in the … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History | Tagged Alberta, church, EID Historical Park, Enchant, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Majorville Medicine Wheel, Retlaw, Scandia, Turin | Leave a comment

Annual Alberta Ghost Town Trip – Part One

Posted on September 18, 2020 by danocan

Normally we gather every July to spend two days traveling around a section of Alberta as part of the “Ghost Town Convention”. The name is a bit of a misnomer as there are no real convention elements to it, it … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Barons, Bowville Cemetery, Canada, Carmangay, cemetery, Champion, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, Liberty School, Majorville, prairie, prairies, school, schools | 1 Comment

Alberta Ghost Town Convention 2019 – Day Two

Posted on July 17, 2019 by danocan

As expected, the second video from the Alberta Ghost Town Convention came together a little faster than the first one. I find by the second day of shooting my mind has gone into “video mode” and I am able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Byemoor, cemetery, Craigmyle, Elnora, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, Kneehill County, Kneehill Historical Museum, museum, schools, Three Hills, Trochu | Leave a comment