Bow City getting village status historical marker
Good news everyone! From the Brooks Bulletin, intrepid scribe Rob Brown informs the masses that the Province of Alberta has approved Vulcan County’s application for a historical marker at the site of...
View ArticleAlderson Cemetery
At Alderson Cemetery, the dead of a halcyon era keep silent vigil over a community that, like themselves, passed from existence long ago. Volunteers from the Redcliff Lions Club maintain the cemetery...
View ArticleAlderson: The past remains
At Alderson, a former village along the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline, northwest of Medicine Hat, time and freight roll on – but the past remains. To echo the thoughts included within the preface...
View ArticleAlderson: Up in smoke?
Greg, a devoted reader of Forgotten Alberta, recently visited the Alderson townsite, and provided us with the following update: Spent a day there lately. A fire had recently burnt all of the grass and...
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Update: Alderson up in smoke
An update on Alderson, the past remains of which appear to have gone up in smoke. It appears a prairie fire swept through the area around August 14-15, leveling what little was left of the former...
View ArticleHistoric images of western Canadian towns can be found at Prairie-towns.com
(Hover over image to activate slideshow options – Slides courtesy of Glen Lundeen / prairie-towns.com) The launch of Prairie-towns.com signals yet another online endeavour to preserve the history and...
View ArticleGlobe and Mail: Ghost towns reveal forgotten past
Thanks to Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail for the opportunity to talk about Alberta’s ghost communities, and why it is important to remember them. Comments from myself and Dr. David C. Jones appeared...
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#MHNews: Bowell road signs destined for the dump
— Bowell A photo posted by Jonathan Koch (@forgotten_alberta) on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:00pm PDT Collin Gallant, intrepid scribe of the Medicine Hat News, and friend of Forgotten Alberta, dropped me a...
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#FABTrip17: At Alderson, it’s like they were never here at all
Leaning and rusting, and surrounded by an ocean of tinder-dry prairie, the last remnants of the long-abandoned farming community of Alderson (nee Carlstadt) teeter on oblivion, awaiting the one...
View ArticleBow City getting village status historical marker
Good news everyone! From the Brooks Bulletin, intrepid scribe Rob Brown informs the masses that the Province of Alberta has approved Vulcan County’s application for a historical marker at the site of...
View ArticleAlderson Cemetery
At Alderson Cemetery, the dead of a halcyon era keep silent vigil over a community that, like themselves, passed from existence long ago. Volunteers from the Redcliff Lions Club maintain the cemetery...
View ArticleAlderson: The past remains
At Alderson, a former village along the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline, northwest of Medicine Hat, time and freight roll on – but the past remains. To echo the thoughts included within the preface...
View ArticleAlderson: Up in smoke?
Greg, a devoted reader of Forgotten Alberta, recently visited the Alderson townsite, and provided us with the following update: Spent a day there lately. A fire had recently burnt all of the grass and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update: Alderson up in smoke
An update on Alderson, the past remains of which appear to have gone up in smoke. It appears a prairie fire swept through the area around August 14-15, leveling what little was left of the former...
View ArticleHistoric images of western Canadian towns can be found at Prairie-towns.com
(Hover over image to activate slideshow options – Slides courtesy of Glen Lundeen / prairie-towns.com) The launch of Prairie-towns.com signals yet another online endeavour to preserve the history and...
View ArticleGlobe and Mail: Ghost towns reveal forgotten past
Thanks to Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail for the opportunity to talk about Alberta’s ghost communities, and why it is important to remember them. Comments from myself and Dr. David C. Jones appeared...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#MHNews: Bowell road signs destined for the dump
— Bowell A photo posted by Jonathan Koch (@forgotten_alberta) on Jul 26, 2012 at 1:00pm PDT Collin Gallant, intrepid scribe of the Medicine Hat News, and friend of Forgotten Alberta, dropped me a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#FABTrip17: At Alderson, it’s like they were never here at all
Leaning and rusting, and surrounded by an ocean of tinder-dry prairie, the last remnants of the long-abandoned farming community of Alderson (nee Carlstadt) teeter on oblivion, awaiting the one...
View ArticleBow City getting village status historical marker
Good news everyone! From the Brooks Bulletin, intrepid scribe Rob Brown informs the masses that the Province of Alberta has approved Vulcan County’s application for a historical marker at the site of...
View ArticleAlderson Cemetery
At Alderson Cemetery, the dead of a halcyon era keep silent vigil over a community that, like themselves, passed from existence long ago. Volunteers from the Redcliff Lions Club maintain the cemetery...
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