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Tag Archives: prairie
A Brief History of the Big Ditch and Ronalane Bridge in Southern Alberta
If you search for “Ronalane” using Google Maps, you will find yourself looking at a dot in the middle of an empty prairie landscape. But, zoom out a bit. What do you see? Large tracts of undeveloped land, set next … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Big Ditch, bridge, Canada, canals, history, prairie, Ronalane, Southern Alberta Land Company
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First Visit to Haskayne Legacy Park, Calgary’s Newest Regional Park
There is a brand new park in Calgary — Haskayne Legacy Park. Made possible through the donation of $5,000,000 of land plus an extra $2 million for construction by Dick and Lois Haskayne, this new park opened to the public … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking
Tagged Alberta, Calgary Parks, Canada, Haskayne Legacy Park, prairie, railroad, railway
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Looking Back at the First Ghost Town Convention – Hallonquist, Saskatchewan 2007
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
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Vincent Bonnay and the Hidden Lives of Ghost Towns
A few weeks back I mentioned we visited Rowley with journalists Johnnie Bachusky and Vincent Bonnay. I occurred to me that I never shared Vincent’s final outcome of his web series on Alberta ghost towns. Here it is! “The hidden … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alberta, Canada, CBC, ghost town, ghost towns, Johnnie Bachusky, prairie, Rowley, Vincent Bonnay
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