Another one bites the dust
Oyen mourns the loss of its Pioneer elevator. Click here to view the carnage. More pictures of Oyen’s elevators, still standing, here and here.
The Inaugural Forgotten Alberta Road Trip
Happy belated New Year to everyone! Owing to a career change and relocation over the Christmas break, I have been unable to post until today. My sincerest apologies. With 3-5 feet of snow piling up in my yard at the moment, now is a nice time to reflect on the first Forgotten Alberta road trip [...]
An artist’s mis-conception of Bow City, c. 1910
From the University of Oregon Digital Collections comes an artist’s, shall we say mis-conception of the townsite at Bow City, prepared by architects Edouard Frere Champney (architect, 1874-1929) and Augustus Warren Gould (architect, 1872-1922) in about 1910.
Some perspective on “Potatogate”
Potato-lovers and tree huggers alike have no doubt been paying attention to the saga playing out north of Bow Island that has been dubbed “Potatogate”. A proposal from a potato grower to purchase 13,600 acres of Crown grazing lease (or 6,500 hectares, potato, potatoe) has come under fire from wilderness groups, politicians and the media. [...]
For Vauxhall, like Retlaw before, disillusion could lead to dissolution
As some in the town of Vauxhall consider dissolving their municipality, it’s interesting to note that the town’s survival was due in part to the dissolution of the neighbouring village to the west. The former village of Retlaw, now a ghost town located six miles west of Vauxhall, was for a time considered the principle [...]
Bow City – November 1924
Forgotten Alberta Road trip 2010
After a two year hiatus, our fourth Forgotten Alberta road trip was underway. Following an evening of revelry with hosts Mike & Karin (and cousin Steve), myself and my wheel-man Greg headed out from Brooks on the morning of August 17th to see what we could see. Running from Alderson to Armada in one day, [...]
Walter spelled backwards
The C.P.R’s Suffield subdivision – Part Two of Two While rumours continued to surface about possible links to Lethbridge, the final destination of the Suffield subdivision remained a mystery well into 1913. On April 24, any hopes of a link up with Kipp were dashed when the Lethbridge Herald confirmed that the Suffield line would [...]
The C.P.R’s Suffield subdivision – Part One
Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, barely a week passed by without somebody floating another proposal for a railroad running from one far-flung corner of Alberta to another. While the vast majority remained dreams and schemes, by 1930 around a dozen of these subdivisions actually made it off the drawing board in [...]
C.P.R. to spike Brooks centennial punch
From the Prairie Post, the Canadian Pacific Railway is helping the City of Brooks celebrate its centennial: CP Rail, with whom Brooks has a long, intertwined history, will celebrate its 125th anniversary of The Last Spike and bring its Empress 2816 steam train to centennial celebrations in Brooks. The historic Empress will pull its heritage [...]
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Drawing on over 100 years of family history in the southeast, this is my attempt to shine the spotlight on southeastern Alberta's forgotten history.
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