Tag Archives: museum

Return to Nordegg

Posted on August 8, 2018 by danocan

When faced with a Sunday and no real plans, what else to do besides jump in the car and head out and visit another one of Alberta’s historic places? Today’s journey takes us to the ghost town of Nordegg and … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Brazeau Collieries, Canada, cemetery, coal, coal mine, history, mine, museum, Nordegg, Nordegg Mine, tours | Leave a comment

Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Day One

Posted on July 16, 2018 by danocan

Each year since 2014, we get together with a group of friends and tour around the small towns and abandoned places in an area of Alberta for a weekend. This year our tour took us back to the area surrounding … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, Canada, Craigmyle, Delia, Drumheller, ExploreAlberta, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, Golden Grain School, Michichi, Morrin, museum, prairie, Rowley, Rumsey, school, Special Areas, Springwater School, Surprise School | Leave a comment

Camrose Heritage Railway Station

Posted on July 5, 2018 by danocan

I originally thought this post was going to be more video-based but I failed to capture enough footage to make any sort of compelling video. So, instead, it becomes another blog post with some photos. We stumbled across this museum … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Camrose, Canada, Canadian National, museum, railway, railway depot, railway station | Leave a comment

A Quick Stop in Cereal, Alberta

Posted on June 6, 2018 by danocan

Another stop on our way home from Saskatoon along Highway 9 was Cereal, Alberta. I first visited Cereal in April of 2007 while doing some Geocaching. I remember being quite impressed with the town. I’m not sure how I started … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alberta, Canada, Cereal, history, Marshall Wells, museum | Leave a comment

STST2017: Fort Steele

Posted on November 26, 2017 by danocan

I’ll bet you thought we were done with the Scratch the Surface Tour 2017, didn’t you? Well, surprise! There’s at least one more story to tell… It had been more than thirty years since I had visited Fort Steele, British … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Fort Steele, ghost town, museum, vacation, Vacation 2017 | 1 Comment

Retrospective: McDonalds Museum

Posted on November 21, 2017 by danocan

This is the second in my now-officially-a-series lunch break postings… Today’s post was inspired by an article I saw in my Facebook Newsfeed as I ate breakfast this morning. “McDonald’s museum in Des Plaines will be demolished next month” I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Des Plaines, fast food, history, Illinois, McDonalds, museum, USA | Leave a comment

Threshing Bee 2017

Posted on September 17, 2017 by danocan

I think after five years I can officially call it a tradition. Each year, on the weekend after Labour Day, I make the trip to Saskatchewan to attend the Threshing Bee at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum just south … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, History, Travel | Tagged Canada, Moose Jaw, museum, Saskatchewan, Sukanen, Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village Museum, threshing, Threshing Bee | 1 Comment