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Flashing Through Ferintosh
“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
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20 Years of Exploring
Sometimes a posting comes together quickly. I’ll get an idea for a topic, throw something up on the screen, and publish within an hour or so. Other posts take a long time to come to fruition. This is one of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, gas station, grain elevator, history, hotel, Montana, Saskatchewan, school, service station
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Lethbridge Road Trip: October 2017
I think I’m finally catching up on my photos and items that I have wanted to post. That is more a product of colder weather and staying close to home more than it is any sort of increase in productivity. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Brant, Canada, Champion, Ensign, gas station, general store, grain elevator, hotel, Kirkcaldy, railroad, wind farm
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Badlands Weekend: October 2017
It is amazing how life can get in the way of living. Despite recently completing my short video of the Highway 27 bridge, I had completely forgotten about the photos I had taken that weekend. It was only as I … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Acme, Alberta, Badlands, Badlands Motel, Canada, Delia, Drumheller, Forgotten Prairie, grain elevator, hotel, Kirkpatrick, school, WHIFS
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The Last Trip of 2017
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
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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
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Seymour Hotel
For today’s lunch-time posting, I want to highlight a classic prairie hotel. The Seymour Hotel in Hanna, AB has certainly seen better days, but that is what makes it so appealing to me. It was September 11, 2017 and Emily … Continue reading
Another Loss to Fire: Keeler Hotel
It’s becoming a ritual that is all too common lately. This time the news comes from tiny Keeler, Saskatchewan where the old hotel was lost to fire on July 4, 2017. My personal history with Keeler is a pretty … Continue reading
