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…This Alberta Ghost Town has no services, but still has guests and Why this Albertan decided to stay put in this prairie ghost town (Boyd, we believe, has since retired). They’re saying… ”Great photos and research of abandoned buildings and sites” Micheal Laschowski. More documentaries we’ve been part of… The… (Search hits: 1 in title, 24 in body, 1 in comments.)

…we find a string of old boxcars in a farmers field. I’d love to explore these! To see some other ghost towns we’ve visited, follow any of these links… Rowley Alberta ghost town. In search of Mitford Alberta part 1. Lumberton ghost town. If you wish more information on this… (Search hits: 2 in title, 24 in body, 6 in comments.)

What a great day to explore the restored ghost town of Rowley Alberta. We are blessed with glorious blue skies with wispy white clouds, beautiful fall foliage and lovely browns, tans, greys and whites of the various buildings in town. It’s a wonderful autumn day and we have all of… (Search hits: 2 in title, 22 in body, 10 in comments.)

…longer these old structures will stand. No longer forgotten, people and industry are moving into the area which is changing the face of what was once a complete ghost town. I have some pictures of Lumberton taken around 1990 showing other parts of the town site (link below). In areas… (Search hits: 2 in title, 13 in body, 7 in comments.)

The ghost town of Lumberton BC was once home to a large sawmill operation. It was an orderly place, unlike like most mill towns in the province, and bits and pieces of it still remain. There are the mill buildings, which still stand, along with bits and pieces from the… (Search hits: 2 in title, 14 in body, 1 in comments.)

These photos, taken in 1992 and 2004, show some of the remains at the ghost town of Bankhead Alberta. Located inside Banff National Park, mining and other industrial activities were once tolerated here and what you see in this report is evidence of that. Quite a change from today where… (Search hits: 2 in title, 10 in body, 1 in comments.)

We don’t always head into the mountains and this date had us doing some history exploring in the Drumheller area. Here, a few kilometres east of Carbon along an old CPR rail line is the ghost town of Sharples Alberta. I doubt the place ever amounted to much but all… (Search hits: 2 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…awesome tourist destinations in Saskatchewan and begin with Bents and make other ghost towns as awesome as they were in their heyday. Chris Doering It’d be a shame if we lost Bents (and many other ghost towns). Something, indeed, needs to be done before they’re all gone. gaylene facknie I… (Search hits: 0 in title, 34 in body, 49 in comments.)

…a serious amount of cha-ching. The actually workings were just above town, with ore being sent down via a tramway so it could be loaded on trains. 16) There’s all manner of antiques and collectibles in the gift shop. It costs a lot of money to run a ghost town… (Search hits: 0 in title, 40 in body, 7 in comments.)

…it’s downright a busy place, the population exploding with both out of towners and local farmers congregating to take in the event, the mood jovial and inviting. Everyone’s in that Rowley State of Mind. To get a more detailed history of the town, go here: Rowley Alberta Ghost Town (from… (Search hits: 0 in title, 24 in body, 3 in comments.)

…still get a good mowing. For a ghost town or near ghost town, it’s a rather tidy place. Markers tell us what used to be here. Over behind downtown is the Curling Rink. Every small prairie town had a rink…and near everybody in the small prairie towns participated. This one… (Search hits: 0 in title, 29 in body, 12 in comments.)

…Abandoned Murray Mine Lumberton ghost town Vulcan Aerodrome The PayRoll Mine Trout Lake BC Ings Mine East Coulee road/rail bridge Tent Mountain Mine Jewel Lake BC mine Sharples Alberta ghost town Cold war shelter Category: Hikes And Summits Canmore Pathways: All Around Town Tom Snow – Ridgeback R2 R1 –… (Search hits: 1 in title, 43 in body, 0 in comments.)

…more. 12) The ghost town of Sandon BC with Carpenter Creek in front, which the town was partially built over. 13) Once a rip-roaring mining boom-town served by two railways, Sandon was virtually abandoned by the 1950s. Today it’s being restored slowly. I hope to return sometime soon. 14) Sandon’s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 21 in body, 1 in comments.)

There’s countless places like Queenstown Alberta scattered across the Canadian Prairies, little farming communities once full of promise that today seem to be hanging on by a thread. Not ghost towns in the true sense, they’re something close. There’s life, but it’s not always obvious. Imagine it. Streets to nowhere,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 29 in body, 4 in comments.)

…in ghost towns and other forgotten places. And the whole adventure is being filmed for a documentary, “Forgotten Prairie” available today on Telus Optik TV and Youtube and sometime soon at BIGDoer.com. The setting: a small “private” ghost town in Saskatchewan called Fusilier, a photogenic place home to nothing but… (Search hits: 0 in title, 22 in body, 4 in comments.)

…was on this adventure, we called him a friend, but now he’s gone. Lost him late last year, sadly, and the world seems a bit empty with his passing. Interestingly, he was connected to the town of Delia visited earlier, having grown up there. 26) In the restored ghost town… (Search hits: 0 in title, 22 in body, 1 in comments.)

…the province in search of history. We saw a lot of good stuff too, but Neidpath was surely one of the highlights of that adventure. It so captured our imagination. To see the town’s grain elevators, go here… Prairie Sentinels – Neidpath Saskatchewan. Some of our favourite ghost towns… A… (Search hits: 0 in title, 18 in body, 6 in comments.)

…down the “tracks”). Rowley Alberta Ghost Town. Lumberton Ghost Town. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: July, 2016. Location: Loverna, SK. Article references (and thanks): Canadian National Railway archives, Geoffrey Lester, ClassicWinnebagos.com, University of Saskatchewan, Jason Sailer. Please show the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 17 in body, 9 in comments.)

…Looks like we’re the first to do so for a month or so. Alderson is not hard to find, but with most ghost-town types into places more intact, it remains pretty quiet. We picture ourselves here in the boom days. We’re right in downtown now. “It’s hot as Hades and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 23 in body, 3 in comments.)

…According to a reader of this blog, the Sheerness School closed in 1964. If you like this artcile, you might enjoy these as well… Rowley Alberta ghost town. Finnegan Alberta. Retlaw ghost town. If you’d like to know more about these places, by all means contact us! Date: August 2013…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 22 in body, 7 in comments.)

…a street. Hard to tell. And that is it my friends. It’s gone…the town is totally gone. While no more, there’s still something interesting here. It was a community, once holding much promise, that today defines “forgotten”. For most ghost towns something remains, a building, a street sign, a sidewalk,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 18 in body, 2 in comments.)

…enjoy it too. Take lots of photos. Read more about the cars and trucks seen in town… Saskatchewan: old vehicles and equipment part 3 See more ghost town type places here… Neidpath Saskatchewan. A forgotten place called Comrey. Bow City townsite – with ForgottenAlberta.com. If you wish more information on… (Search hits: 0 in title, 15 in body, 9 in comments.)

…here. As though a time traveller. You feel it. We feel it. Say it with me…Rowley is one magical place. More special places…. Bents. On private property. Bankhead Alberta Ghost Town. Lumberton Ghost Town. On private property. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means… (Search hits: 0 in title, 16 in body, 3 in comments.)