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On a frigid weekend, April 2017, Chris ‘n’ Connie roll into east-central Saskatchewan accompanied by friends. We’re here filming a documentary “Forgotten Prairie”, a production highlighting this crazy obsession we have with all things abandoned and old. This day’s stop is the tiny little (almost) ghost town of Hoosier Saskatchewan…. (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Highway 37 in Saskatchewan. The graceful structure was built in the 1930s. It’s been unused since the highway was realigned. The replacement bridge can be seen in back – black dots are cliff swallows. There are still a good number of these iconic bridges left in Saskatchewan. Cliff swallow nests…. (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

The grain elevator seen here is located in the tiny hamlet of Admiral Saskatchewan. It’s the biggest thing for kilometres around and stands out not only because its unique, it’s the last of it’s kind in town, but also due to its large size and bright orange colour. You can’t… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

The always on the go BIGDoer.com crew are in the tiny burg of Marengo Saskatchewan to document the Providence Grain facility located there. Join us for a tour of this working grain elevator. It’s a bit different and is not one of the those high-throughput concrete super terminals common today,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 1 in comments.)

There is not much left in the ghost town of Neidpath Saskatchewan, just a couple empty houses, some crumbling foundations, a tiny church, and off in the distance, two old grain elevators. As abandoned and forgotten places go, it’s not terribly big nor all that showy, but for reasons neither… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 1 in comments.)

This article we’ll be looking at a small brick school house, a very photogenic one in fact, located in the tiny village of Netherhill Saskatchewan. Constructed just over a century ago, it’s been many, many decades since classes were last held here. More recently it was used as a fraternal… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the old ones no less then before. Don’t forget to LIKE or SHARE this post. This massive terminal was constructed at the turn of the last century and is found alongside the CPR’s busy transcontinental mainline, right across from downtown Maple Creek Saskatchewan. When built the structure belonged to the… (Search hits: 1 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Island one room school Prairie Sentinels – Mortlach Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Cadillac Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Pennant Saskatchewan Champion Park Bridge hunting – CNR Ogden Prairie Sentinels – Battrum Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Abbey Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Portreeve Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Prelate Saskatchewan Prairie Sentinels – Leader… (Search hits: 0 in title, 42 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Courval SK. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: June, 2015. Location: Middle of nowhere, Saskatchewan Article sources: Ken P, Barbara P, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool records, CPR archives. Bents Saskatchewan is on private property. We visited with permission. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 16 in body, 5 in comments.)

…the Canadian grain industry. It later changed hands becoming a Saskatchewan Cooperative Wheat Producer facility. In the 1950s this firm morphed into the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool we all know and love, who owned it up until the time it closed in the latter half of the 1970s. It’s still wears… (Search hits: 0 in title, 14 in body, 1 in comments.)

…and today… Shaunavon Saskatchewan then and now Check out more Saskatchewan grain elevators here… Prairie Sentinels – Neidpath Saskatchewan. Prairie Sentinels – Hodgeville Saskatchewan. Prairie Sentinels – Abbey Saskatchewan. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: May, 2014. Location: Shaunavon, SK…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 13 in body, 0 in comments.)

…decrepit state. It’s sad and it’s beautiful and it’s oh so photogenic. We’re in Whitepool Saskatchewan. The building dates from 1930. It belonged to the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, a farmer owned cooperative founded in the mid-1920s (but with roots going back further) and for much of its storied history, the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 10 in body, 0 in comments.)

…to come. More articles from this same trip… Neidpath Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan old vehicles and equipment part 1. St Joseph’s church Courval Saskatchewan . Prairie Sentinels – Cadillac Saskatchewan. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: May, 2014. Location: Lemsford, SK. Article… (Search hits: 0 in title, 10 in body, 0 in comments.)

…changes, they still do this same ploy today. This visit only piqued our curiosity and we’re already negotiating something bigger. Hopefully we’ll return, to explore the dome more, and to check out the base as well. More Saskatchewan reports… Dodsland SK ex-Sask Pool. Neidpath Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan old vehicles and equipment… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 1 in comments.)

…If you liked this post, please tip your server… Or © 2012-2024 Chris Doering, Johanna (Connie) Biggart & the BIGDoer.com Society. 🍁🎀 A cold windy day in Fusilier Saskatchewan. Lonely Esther Alberta. Lost in time, Loverna Saskatchewan. Behind the scenes in Hoosier Saskatchewan. Hanging at Old Jack’s Presenting, Forgotten Prairie…… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

…and a late 1960s era (or thereabouts) GMC heavy duty truck help add foreground interest to the shots presented here. More Saskatchewan grain elevators… Marengo’s crazty Frankenvator. Prairie Sentinels – Neidpath Saskatchewan. Prairie Sentinels – Abbey Saskatchewan. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 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: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

A drive down a dusty back road finds us in Loverna Saskatchewan. We’ve arrived! The community is that close to earning the title of “ghost town” and wandering quiet streets, we pass empty buildings, some near collapse, vacant lots, forgotten churches and other scattered remnants of human habitation. The silence,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 1 in comments.)