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Tag Archives: grain-elevators
Sharples Grain Elevator – Another Prairie Grain Elevator Moves Towards Demolition
Last week I had the chance to go out with Nadeer Hashmi of CBC and talk about the disappearing grain elevators of the Canadian prairies. We visited one success story (Dorothy) and then we visited the site of an upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography
Tagged Alberta, Badlands, CBC, demolition, Dorothy, Drumheller, grain elevator, grain-elevators, historic demolition, history, P&H, Sharples
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Exploring Southern Alberta Backroads: Mossleigh, Arrowwood, and Lomond
We’re off on the road, bound for Lethbridge, Alberta. Of course we’re not going to take the most straightforward route. We’ll start off with a visit to Mossleigh, Alberta and home of three grain elevators. Then we’ll hit up the … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Arrowwood, backroads, Canada, geocaching, grain elevator, grain-elevators, Lomond, Mossleigh, travel
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Another Grain Elevator About to Bite the Dust
Southern British Columbia is a not a place I have spent a lot of time in. Yes, there were some long weekend trips to Creston as a kid, and the camping trip I took with my dad in 1985 when … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Creston, grain elevator, grain-elevators, history
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