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Alberta Wheat Pool Menaik Story and photos by Chris & Connie. This old “prairie sentinel” was once located along the railway line in Menaik Alberta, but for the last few decades has stood at farm not terribly far away, where for many years it was used for grain storage. Rendered… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 2 in comments.)

…of these hotels, any we’ve seen anyway, have been demolished, but how long before that happens? To see some other grain elevators we’ve found, please follow the links below… Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Prairie Sentinels – Consort Alberta. To see some other recently closed small town hotels we’ve explored, check… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 2 in comments.)

…any communities. A few old ones still hang on however, for one reason or another, like the example here, found in the middle-of-nowhere Southern Alberta community of Skiff. Skiff Alberta ex-Parrish & Heimbecker: a look at the tiny burg’s towering wood grain elevator. Researched, written and photographed by Chris Doering… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

…those from the 1980s, when the last were built, are in appearance and construction, along with operationally wise, very similar. To see other things we’ve found in southern Alberta go here… A forgotten place called Comrey. Prairie Sentinels – Milk River Alberta. Manyberries Alberta railway station. If you wish more… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

…now are only a few remain. This structure is starting to look pretty rough so I wonder how long this one has? East down the Langdon Subdivision is a still standing grain elevator in Kirkpatrick Alberta and to see it, click this link… Prairie Sentinels – Kirkpatrick Alberta. To see… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

…me it’s the passion that makes OTBPwC&C a game-changer. You set the bar so damn high.” Pauline West. Also in Trochu… Two Churches Trochu Alberta. A few more “Few Minutes in…” posts… A Few Minutes in Stavely Alberta, A Few Minutes in Ogden and A Few Minutes in Loverna. If… (Search hits: 1 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

The Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre, a museum located in Nanton Alberta, showcases the once common prairie sentinel. These buildings, at one time, could be found all across the west – near every town in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, it seemed, had one or more – but today few remain…. (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 5 in comments.)

…going on? To see CPR train station used for the town offices, go here… Canadian Pacific Railway station, Beiseker Alberta. To see some early 1990s pictures showing grain elevators on the parallel CPR line, check out this link… Prairie Sentinels – Beiseker Alberta. To read about that odd railway snow… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

…that report, which includes the grain elevator and the churches we mentioned, click the link below… Dorothy Alberta. To see the Bullpound bridge mentioned in this report, follow this link… Bridge hunting – Bullpound Alberta. To see our visit to Finnegan, click below… Finnegan Alberta. If you wish more information… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 2 in comments.)

…however and if anything new turns up, we will update this article. To see some other grain elevators we’ve explored, click any the of the links below… Prairie Sentinels – Trochu Alberta. Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Prairie Sentinels – Carbon Alberta. If you’d like to know more about what you’ve… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 2 in comments.)

As old-school wood grain elevators go, this one, found in the town of Bentley Alberta is a relative youngster. Still, it follows a very traditional design and in construction, layout, function, so pretty much everything, albeit in a somewhat more massive form, it’s not all that dissimilar from ones much,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 1 in comments.)

…shape for it’s age and kudos to those responsible for its restoration. We shoot it from many angles, close in and far away. This elevator is painted in the traditional mineral brown colours of the Alberta Pool (aka Alberta Wheat Pool, or AWP). It was never repainted in that company’s… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 1 in comments.)

For this trip we set the time machine back to 1998 and we find ourselves exploring the barren and dry prairies in the eastern part of the province. For this report we’ll make a brief stop in Empress Alberta, a tiny little hamlet right on the Alberta – Saskatchewan border… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 1 in comments.)

…Alberta Pacific Grain, United Grain Growers and a number of others. All of these were gone by the early 1990s. These three elevators are one of a couple hundred wood cribbed examples left today in Alberta, from a total of over seventeen hundred at the peak in the 1930s. Very… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Alberta. Dorothy Alberta, the little grain elevator in the valley. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: July, 2014. Location: Alliance, AB. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say in private? Click here to: Reach Us! NEWS! –… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

…open to the public in the summer. Nearby St Albert has two grain elevators which we explored, and to see them follow this link… Priare Sentinels – St Albert Alberta. To see even more grain elevators, go here… Rowley Alberta ghost town. Prairie Sentinels – Three Hills Alberta. A prairie… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

…express area and upstairs, living quarters for the agent and his family. To see other things we explored in Big Valley, click any of these links… St Edmund’s Church Big Valley Alberta. Big Valley Alberta CNoR roundhouse. Prairie Sentinels Big Valley Alberta. If you wish more information on what you’ve… (Search hits: 2 in title, 7 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the elements, yet in spite of that, this rough looking battle scarred warrior has stood fast against the wind and weather. An Alberta Pacific Grain Company elevator, this is one a few in all of Alberta painted this way – a real rarity in other words. The lettering is faded… (Search hits: 1 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)