Last weekend was a bad one for Carmangay. On Sunday this village of 250 was visited twice by fire, the scourge of many an old tyme prairie burg. The region’s infamous gales drove a blaze eastward across the tinder dry plains towards the town, prompting an evacuation of the community Sunday afternoon. The prairie fire […]
Mike Drew, Hemaruka, and A mention in passing
My friend and colleague, Lorena Franchuk, alerted me to the fact that the legendary Calgary Sun photographer and columnist, Mike Drew, was on CBC Radio earlier today. While I don’t know him personally, Mike was a great inspiration to me in the early days of this project. I was pleased to hear he and I […]
Finding fingerboard signs a lifelong passion for Seven Persons native
A Seven Persons native’s passion for old road signage has led him to preserve the past, while pointing the way to his future. Devin Drozdz, 22, developed a fascination for “fingerboard signs”, the once ubiquitous green arrows featuring the names of locales past and present found along the highways and by-ways of Alberta, as a […]
Owner of historic guest book looking for answers
Attention western Canadian history buffs: Have you ever come across a book like this in your travels? Forgotten Alberta reader, Mike Rowell, recently sent the following note, asking for details about an old guest book which he purchased recently at a garage sale in Invermere B.C.: I purchased the book out of curiosity as I […]
2020 Update
Hi all – just a quick update to let you know the Forgotten Alberta project is alive and kicking, but busy social distancing. For those who can’t wait for the next installment, there is much in the works behind the scenes, which I’m hoping to share with you later this spring. In the meantime, for […]