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Road Trip to Lethbridge
Posted in Travel
Tagged geocaching, Canada, Alberta, road trip, Nanton, Priddis, Granum, Cowboy Trail
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Road Trip! Porcupine Hills and Southern Alberta
It’s a classic DanOCan road trip, with abandoned places, misadventures, Geocaching, and lots of dusty backroads.
Posted in Geocaching, History, Travel
Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Canada, geocaching, Oldman Dam, road trip, Royalties, Turner Valley
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Moose Jaw Road Trip – Part 4
Our fourth day on the road sees us finally make it to Moose Jaw and the Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village Museum. After a quick walk through the swap meet, we set out to tour the various buildings and exhibits.
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged Canada, grain elevator, history, Moose Jaw, museum, road trip, Saskatchewan, Sukanen, Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village Museum
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Searching for the Lousana Grain Elevator
According to research done by our late friend Jim Pearson, there are five Alberta Pacific Grain elevators remaining in the province of Alberta. The company itself disappeared (was bought out) in 1967 so it isn’t surprising there aren’t many examples … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Tagged Alberta, Alberta Pacific Grain, Canada, Castor, Dorothy, grain elevator, history, Lousana, Meeting Creek, Rayley, road trip
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Journey to Elva, Manitoba
Depending on which source you believe, the oldest grain elevator in Canada stands in the ghost town of Elva, Manitoba in deep southwest corner of the province. The previous sentence won’t remain true for very long, however. We got word … Continue reading