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…across Saskatchewan – here: Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part One and Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part Two. These little railcars were once used by maintenance crews. Work ahead includes fixing windows and taking care of some roof problems. This here building is rare example… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Kelch. More from the province… Backroads Saskatchewan – Random Finds! CFS Alsask Dome – Cold War History! Zion Lutheran Church – WOW! If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of Adventure: August, 2019. Location(s): Southern Saskatchewan. Article references and thanks: Steven… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…grain elevators… Prairie Sentinels – Woodhouse Alberta – Vandervalk Farm. Prairie Sentinels – Neidpath Saskatchewan. Prairie Sentinels – Coderre Saskatchewan. Prairie Sentinels – Three Hills Alberta. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: June, 2014. Location: Nanton, AB. All the places… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 2 in comments.)

In this report we look at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in the tiny community of Courval Saskatchewan. Very photogenic, it is one of a handful of buildings still standing in what is essentially a ghost town, While needing a coat of paint and some other repairs, it’s otherwise in an… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 1 in comments.)

The Bay Island school sits alone on the bare and open Saskatchewan prairie in the proverbial middle of nowhere. In operation from 1919-1950, it’s the archetypal one room schoolhouse – tiny in size and quaint in appearance, but with an important purpose. Located on a small knoll in area of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 1 in comments.)

…thought it a worthy subject for documentary. Didn’t take much convincing. We are in! And with that, plans were made. Fast forward to April 2017 we’re exploring several abandoned-type places close to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and the filmmaker is along. It’s us, a couple photography friends, the freaking cold and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…we’ll use these as exploratory trips, making notes of places of interest in hopes what we can return at a later date to get up close and personal with zero time constraints. Such is the case here which has us exploring, very briefly, the near forgotten community of Loverna Saskatchewan…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…before the two reconnected a short distance east of Swift Current Saskatchewan. While it was planned as a major secondary line, in the end was just another sleepy “grain branch”. Even so, a good amount of coal traffic did polish the rails here, (post late-1920s and into the 1960s) coming… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…merger partner UGG, post 2001). It’s assumed Viterra (2007- Agricore United and the Saskatchewan Pool combined) acquired the facility by merger. Whether it is used to load grain or just to store grain or what ever its current status is, is not clear. Just tracing a building’s lineage is sometimes… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…namesake town (a section still in use today) and then east on to Manyberries with a connecting line travelling further into Saskatchewan. This was primarily a grain gathering branch. The rails were pulled up in the 1990s. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for photos or to comment ↓ ↓… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…to this grain elevator, the Ogilvie company owned many others in Alberta, around forty or so, most located in the southern part of the province. More were found in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The company sold them all, the entire lot, in the late 1950s. Many or perhaps even all of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…a train that will never come. This, my friends, is downtown Hilda Alberta. It’s lonely, silent and visited by few. Located at the far eastern edge of the province, southeast quadrant, Saskatchewan is but a short distance away. A heavy hitter with a Big Bertha could almost make the border…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…us, they’re a hoot – here: Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part One and here: Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part Two. These are small railed vehicles once used by maintenance crews and the museum is working to extend the tracks so the ride can be… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…fact, it’s better than some Saskatchewan highways! It bends sharply left on coming to the bridge and must have been tricky to drive if conditions were slippery. There’s a straight drop down to the fast flowing river below on one side and a rock wall on the other. The road… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…and it was amazing, can be found here: Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part One and here: Riding the Rails in SW Saskatchewan – Part Two. Out behind the station, there’s an old bunkhouse and flag stop station/later watchman’s shanty, both brought in from elsewhere. These are also… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…one’s really old. Prairie Sentinels – Flaxcombe Saskatchewan – Out in Saskatchewan, but is that a suprise? Creston BC Grain Elevators – In an un-prairie like setting and in the mountains. If you wish more information on what’s seen here, don’t hesitate to: contact us! Date of Adventure: November 2021…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…You clearly find the Doukhobors as interesting as I do. My blog on the Saskatchewan presence follows. https://glenbowe.home.blog/2019/08/30/the-doukhobors-in-saskatchewan/ Chris Doering Would love to head up to SK and into BC to document more of the Doukhobors. Yes, it’s a big interest here. Gordon Morozoff My father had mentioned going to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 4 in comments.)

…forgotten dwellings and buildings in town as used or lived in. Sadly, this very same story plays out across the province of Saskatchewan, time and again, and many towns like this within its borders are sadly near the bottom of their long downslide. We only made a brief stop here…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 2 in comments.)