Mudflood. These towers have to do with our hidden history, our free energy. and how we really used water. It’s why water is being privatized. Why Canada is pimping off water rights to china.
It’s part of our secret past. Orphan Trains. Founding cities.
When you realize 13 families control the water, power grid, big oil, big pharma, Geoengineering firms, GMOs, All the central banks, Sattelite systems, and the world’s debt…
Figure out our true history and free the humans. It’s 99% of US vs the 1%
There is a foundation at unwin sask on a cp line Would there have been a motor to draw water from the battle river which is maybe one hundred yards away? Could there have been a trenched in line to the river?
Surprisingly, there’s a fair number of these water tower foundations that still exist. On both the CP and CN. We’re frankly not sure the exact way the water was brought in from what ever body they were pulling from, but clearly a pump of some kind was needed.
Great piece of background. Spotted several of these on a recent trip along the backroads thru parts of SW Saskatchewan. Looked to have been “adopted” by local farmers.
By the way, just discovered your website/facebook. Looking forward to digging in more. Looks like some good stuff.
Somewhere in this mess of an office I have a map showing the location of every water tower on CPR’s Alberta lines circa 1950-ish. There must be hundreds! Interestingly many of the concrete bases remain. Glad you like the site! Do come back often and be sure and comment when you can.
Taber Alberta was known as Tank 77 when our people came in 1903. The Grassy Lake Tank was filled by a 10 inch wooden pipeline from a concrete pumpsite on the S Saskatchewan River 7 miles north. Who can tell us what the number would have been on the Grassy Tank. Thank you!!
We used to do something called the "pointless challenge" 🤪 and miss those days. It was so much silly fun and often frustrating as heck. In these we'd invite people to send in random photos of obscure locations, but not give any information, and then we'd track where it was and shoot something similar.
Most of these came from old family collections, as was the case here. Anyone up to resurrecting the series?
In hindsight, why didn't we pose someone in our shot?
Pointless: “Devoid of meaning (or) senseless” Merriam-Webster.
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Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: ca1970 and 2014. Posted by Connie.
Captured on a cold, cold day many years ago. We've been passing this old house for decades and it's little changed in that time. At some point we expect to drive by and it'll be gone.
Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.
When retired old railway cars usually get cut up for scrap. Sometimes, however, they find their way into the hands of the general public or whomever. Flat cars make good bridges, and boxcars can be transformed into storage buildings and the like. Case in point here. We see them used like this often enough and in this case, it's part of a corral.
Incidentally, this boxcar dates from 1950 and this was found by tracing the old road number, which is still visible.
Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.
This central Alberta racetrack was never a commercial operation but instead just a fun place for car enthusiasts in the area to get together. Early '70s or thereabouts and it only lasted a few years. Even thought it's been abandoned for that long, there is no doubt what was here.
You know we like the the obscure stuff and this one fits the bill perfectly. Found by accident while backroad cruising and the history comes thanks to local car guy Mike.
Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: 2022. Posted by Connie.
On top of little Myrtle Mountain in the Kimberley (BC) Nature Park.
There's some good wilderness fun to be had here and nice views as you can see, but the real reason we came is mining history. The whole area near the ski hill was extensively worked over a century ago and we were looking for evidence of this. We didn't find much in the area searched, but it's a big chunk of property and we hope to return to cover more ground again soon. Of all the subjects we cover, mining related is a favourite.
Still, it was a good hike and that can't be bad. Look to the comments for more info 👇.
Exploring nature and history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: 2022. Posted by Connie.
It's a strange curiosity in south Kananaskis, there on a hillside and we have no idea who created it. We asked around and no one's completely sure about its history. In the past it showed the Canada 100 logo from 1967 but in 2017 someone changed it to reflect the country's 150th.
That's our friend Emily from DanOCan.com having a look.
Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie. Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.
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Mudflood. These towers have to do with our hidden history, our free energy. and how we really used water. It’s why water is being privatized. Why Canada is pimping off water rights to china.
It’s part of our secret past. Orphan Trains. Founding cities.
When you realize 13 families control the water, power grid, big oil, big pharma, Geoengineering firms, GMOs, All the central banks, Sattelite systems, and the world’s debt…
Figure out our true history and free the humans. It’s 99% of US vs the 1%
I was not going to approve this comment…but damn, it’s gold. Still, all I can say is…okaaaay.
There is a foundation at unwin sask on a cp line
Would there have been a motor to draw water from the battle river which is maybe one hundred yards away? Could there have been a trenched in line to the river?
Surprisingly, there’s a fair number of these water tower foundations that still exist. On both the CP and CN. We’re frankly not sure the exact way the water was brought in from what ever body they were pulling from, but clearly a pump of some kind was needed.
Great piece of background. Spotted several of these on a recent trip along the backroads thru parts of SW Saskatchewan. Looked to have been “adopted” by local farmers.
By the way, just discovered your website/facebook. Looking forward to digging in more. Looks like some good stuff.
Somewhere in this mess of an office I have a map showing the location of every water tower on CPR’s Alberta lines circa 1950-ish. There must be hundreds! Interestingly many of the concrete bases remain. Glad you like the site! Do come back often and be sure and comment when you can.
Helped move the one in Cranbrook in summer of 95 I believe
That would have been something to see!
I’ve found a few of these in my travels, and now find I look for them.
We’ve found a lot of concrete bases, but only a couple intact. Such cool buildings!
There are more than a few of these in Saskatchewan.
I’ve heard of a couple. Will have to look them up. Thanks for commenting!
The museum would like to thank you for sharing this!
Any time!
Taber Alberta was known as Tank 77 when our people came in 1903. The Grassy Lake Tank was filled by a 10 inch wooden pipeline from a concrete pumpsite on the S Saskatchewan River 7 miles north. Who can tell us what the number would have been on the Grassy Tank. Thank you!!
Didn’t know the tanks were numbered so not sure if we could be much help. Seems like a long way to get water! Thanks for commenting.