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Return to Nordegg
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
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Tagged Alberta, Brazeau Collieries, Canada, cemetery, coal, coal mine, history, mine, museum, Nordegg, Nordegg Mine, tours
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Alberta Ghost Town Tour: Day One
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
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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
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Camrose Heritage Railway Station
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
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Tagged Alberta, Camrose, Canada, Canadian National, museum, railway, railway depot, railway station
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A Quick Stop in Cereal, Alberta
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
STST2017: Fort Steele
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
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Fort Steele, ghost town, museum, vacation, Vacation 2017
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