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What the heck is going on at the Alberta 2005 Centennial Railway Museum in Beiseker Alberta? Their website is gone and the grounds appear as though abandoned. The old train station, what was to be the organization’s centrepiece, sits on blocks, as it has for a couple years now. In… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 4 in comments.)

…old farm. To see the old grain elevators in nearby Arrowwood Alberta, click this link… Prairie sentinels – Arrowwood Alberta If you wish more information on this place, by all means contact us! Date: November 2012. Location: Near Arrowwood Alberta. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say in private?… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 2 in comments.)

…from our readers. To see some other grain elevators we’ve explored, follow these links… Prairie sentinels – Crossfield Alberta. Prairie sentinels – Chancellor Alberta. Prairie sentinels – Consort Alberta. If you’d like to know more about what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: 1992 and I believe… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

…the first community in Alberta to elect a female mayor. To see some other grain elevators we’ve visited over the years, click the links below… Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. Prairie Sentinels – Queenstown Alberta. Prairie Sentinels – Oblerlin Alberta. Mossleigh elevators. If you’d like to know more about this place,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

…make things confusing. At the time this first mine operated, the area was part of the North West Territories. It was 1905 before Alberta became a province. To see parts one and two in our “In search of Mitford” series, click the links below… In search of Mitford Alberta part… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

…line that was to run north from Empress Alberta. While considered to some degree, nothing really happened here. Plans were put in place, clearly, but obviously they had second thoughts, an extremely rare case of siding with caution during this frenzied period. Planned Railway Line Empress Alberta: never built, but… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Seen in behind the elevator in the photos is the local hotel, still operating, and town offices, both very interesting brick structures in themselves. See more grain elevators here… Prairie Sentinels – Nanton Alberta (not far away from Stavely). Prairie Sentinels – Forestburg Alberta. Prairie Sentinels – Prelate Saskatchewan. If… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Prairie Sentinels – Woodhouse Alberta – Vandervalk Farm. Prairie Sentinels – Niedpath Saskatchewan. Ogilvie grain elevator Wrentham Alberta. Alberta’s oldest grain elevator. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: September, 2014. Location: Hussar, AB. Article sources: Current and former local residents…. (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…one belong to this elevator? In addition to this structure, there used to be a number of other elevators in Woodhouse (sources say perhaps four). These belonged to such notable grain companies as the Alberta Wheat Pool, National Grain and Alberta Pacific Grain. It’s not clear when these ones were… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Big Valley Alberta. The same day, we vised the fascinating “restored” ghost town of Rowley and to see that report, click the link below… Rowley Alberta ghost town. If you’d like to know more about what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: September, 2013. Location: Big Valley,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…in documenting them and the others I did not visit. Well, I got these ones at least. On this same road trip, I took in the grain elevators at Carbon Alberta and to see that report, go here… Prairie sentinels – Carbon Alberta. The ghost town of Sharples Alberta is… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

While on a hotshot run to Saskatchewan I was able to make a quick stop in Coronation Alberta and snapped off a single picture of the town’s grain elevators. This was late 1997 or early 1998 and while there was no snow on the ground, it was cold and frosty…. (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…we decided it needs to be written about. Stay tuned for that article! Know more about the community – we love visiting (new window): Claresholm Alberta History. They’re saying… ”Fantastic photos, really intriguing subjects. I’ve learned so much about Calgary and Alberta that I never knew even though I’ve lived… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

Let’s stop and pay a visit to the little community of Willingdon Alberta to see what’s going on. Such diversions are a road trip ritual and we simply pick some town along what ever route we’re on, ditch the car and get acquainted for a bit. We’ll wander the streets,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

In a few short years the Manyberries Alberta railway station will be a century old. Somehow this fine old building has managed to survive when most others across the province have not and today it’s being cared for by a couple who call it their home. It sits exactly where… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 4 in comments.)

…alongside. The latter are true anachronisms and it borders on the incredible they’re still here so many decades after last being used. We’re along a section of the Alberta Midland, a paper railway owned and operated by transcontinental carrier Canadian Northern (aka CNoR). Built in the early 1910s, the track… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Thankfully many old elevators that would have otherwise been demolished, this one included, have found work as convenient storage facilities such as this. Found nearby was an old Studebaker truck, a fitting prop for this photo series. This was a former Alberta Wheat Pool (AWP) facility. The building was constructed… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Mine – Commander Mine- Nacmine Alberta. To see some other railway bridges we’ve explored, click any of the links below… Bridge hunting – Bullpound Alberta. Bridge hunting – Carmangay Alberta. Abandoned CPR Bow River Bridge. If you’d like to know more about what you’ve seen here, by all means contact… (Search hits: 1 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)