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  • Mural, near Centre Street and Railway Avenue, downtown Consul, Saskatchewan
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  • Sign showing Maple Creek summer events, posted on the door of the Maple Creek Visitor Centre, 114 Jasper Street, Maple Creek, SK. There's plenty to do in Maple Creek and area throughout the summer, including events in Cypress Hills Provincial Park. Spectacular places, such as The Great Sand Hills and Eastend's T.Rex Centre and Wallace Stegner House, also make good day trips.
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  • SOLD Ice Cream Stand, Summer Night on Eighth Street, Saskatoon. 8" x 12" photograph on paper, framed.
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  • Mural, near Centre Street and Railway Avenue, downtown Consul, Saskatchewan
    2012-08-001-1063-D.tif
  • Downtown Maple Creek on a sunny summer afternoon, 100 block Jasper Street, east side
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  • Mural, near Centre Street and Railway Avenue, downtown Consul, Saskatchewan
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Houses on Daniel Street, 2006 and 2014 Daniel Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Arlington Hotel, 975 Spokane Street, Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, viewed from southeast corner of Bay Avenue and Spokane Street.
    2015-11-001-0471-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Knox United (now Trail United) Church, on Pine Avenue at Eldorado Street. View from Northeast corner of Pine Avenue and Eldorado Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Artisan, Trail's Local Artisan Co-Op Store, 927 Spokane Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Arlington Hotel, 975 Spokane Street, Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, viewed from southeast corner of Bay Avenue and Spokane Street.
    2015-11-001-0473-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, corner of Daniel Street and Bay Avenue.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Houses on Daniel Street, 2006 and 2014 Daniel Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Houses on Daniel Street, 2006 and 2014 Daniel Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Houses on Daniel Street, 2006 and 2014 Daniel Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, top of stairs overlooking Bay Avenue, northwest of Topping Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, top of stairs overlooking Bay Avenue, northwest of Topping Street.
    2015-11-001-0449-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, corner of Daniel Street and Bay Avenue.
    2015-11-001-0441-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, corner of Daniel Street and Bay Avenue.
    2015-11-001-0440-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Dale's Barber Shop, 970 Spokane Street. Dale's Barber Shop was owned by Dale Miracle, a friend, scout leader and four-wheel-drive enthusiast. Dale retired in May, 2016, but his daughter, Heidi, who runs the shop now, says that Dale still drops in regularly. Great to see that Dale's name still appears on the storefront.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, top of stairs overlooking Bay Avenue, northwest of Topping Street.
    2015-11-001-0448-D.JPG
  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Teck smelter lit up in twilight and snow, top of stairs overlooking Bay Avenue, northwest of Topping Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Houses on Daniel Street.
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  • Stroll through West Trail: Rossland Avenue, up Cedar Avenue, Topping Street and Daniel Street, then back after sunset. Cedar Avenue, Teck Smelter in background lit up under nighttime sky and snow, viewed from southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and Spokane Street. We changed our dinner plans after leaving the Pastry Shop and were on our way to the Colander Restaurant when I took this photo.
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  • Saskatoon in fall colours
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  • Saskatoon in fall colours
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  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
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  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0058-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0055-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0054-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
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  • Saskatoon skyline on a winter's day, as viewed from various locations in Rotary Park. 6x4.5cm transparency.
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  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0076-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0044-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0043-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0034-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0029-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0067-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0065-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0063-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0060-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0059-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0049-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0046-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0041-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0033-D.jpg
  • The Bike Alley is a whimsical exercise in community development from within, says its creator, Dan Haley, owner of Casa di Cioccolato in Trail, BC. The bicycles line the alley behind his chocolate and tea shop at 346 Bay Avenue.
    2014-08-004-0031-D.jpg
  • Cowboy crossing, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
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  • Sheep wagons under the stars, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Guest gather 'round the campfire by the sheep wagons.
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required little restoration, as it had been well preserved by a covering that was put over it many years ago. Contents are authentic, including the bed (but with modern mattress), stove, benches, pull-out table, track lamp, shelf, and towel racks. End walls originally were canvas, but Greg replaced with wood because he liked the way it looked. Greg Hisey on the lantern by the door: "That's a CPR coach car light. (It would have been on the) inside of a coach on the CPR railroad, on a passenger car."
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  • Cowboy crossing, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
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  • Inside the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required extensive restoration, with some liberties taken regarding full authenticity. The body of the wagon is original, as is the cabinet shown here.
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required extensive restoration, with some liberties taken regarding full authenticity. The body of the wagon is original, as is the cabinet shown in some photos.
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  • Greg Hisey, owner and proprietor, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg is sitting at one of the dining tables in the lodge, a former church from Hatton, Saskatchewan.
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  • Historic log cabin (L) and Homestead cabin (R), Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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This cabin was originally a cowboy's line shack. On the big ranches, cowboys would stay at these shacks on the prairie when they couldn't make it home at night, Greg Hisey says.<br />
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The settlers' cabin in the background was moved into Maple Creek from northeast of town. A previous owner told Hisey that it was moved to a school for a time and used by the schoolmarm. Like many old prairie cabins, this had been moved into town. But unlike most, it was too small to be converted to a garage, so it remained relatively intact all these years.
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  • Sheep Wagon in evening light, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required extensive restoration, with some liberties taken regarding full authenticity. The body of the wagon is original, as is the cabinet shown in some photos.
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  • Inside the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Shown (left to right): Historic Log Cabin, Homstead Cabin, Thresherman's Wagon, Lodge.<br />
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This image is a single, long exposure at twilight (not a composite).
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Shown (left to right): Historic Log Cabin, Homstead Cabin, Thresherman's Wagon, Lodge.<br />
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This image is a single, long exposure at twilight (not a composite).
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  • Fort Walsh National Historic Site, Saskatchewan.<br />
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We arrived in time to take a bus from the interpretive centre to the fort, instead of walking. The bus travels slowly, with the driver describing historical events and pointing out locations such as the cemetery and the original townsite. The cemetery is still there, but there is little sign of the former town. It was never expected to be permanent, so most buildings were built on log foundations, which quickly rotted away. The town was abandonned when the railway went through Maple Creek.<br />
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At the fort, guides dress in period costume and tell stories of NWMP life, and the Cypress Hills Massacre. Younger visitors receive uniforms representing NWMP constables. They're given tasks similar to what recruits would have done in the late 1800s, and they are asked to round up and "arrest" "fugitives" identified among the adult visitors. Everyone then participates in a mock trial.
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
<br />
This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required little restoration, as it had been well preserved by a covering that was put over it many years ago. Contents are authentic, including the bed (but with modern mattress), stove, benches, pull-out table, track lamp, shelf, and towel racks. End walls originally were canvas, but Greg replaced with wood because he liked the way it looked. <br />
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Greg Hisey: "This wagon came from the Capser ranch, Capser, (near) Harlowton, Montana. (The ranch) went from Harlowton to Rygate. Bill Capser was 82 years old  when I got this wagon."<br />
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The wagon was used until about 1939, when the Second World War cut off the ranch's supply of Basque sheep herders. The Studebaker running gear dates to 1896."
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
<br />
This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required little restoration, as it had been well preserved by a covering that was put over it many years ago. Contents are authentic, including the bed (but with modern mattress), stove, benches, pull-out table, track lamp, shelf, and towel racks. End walls originally were canvas, but Greg replaced with wood because he liked the way it looked. <br />
<br />
Greg Hisey: "This wagon came from the Capser ranch, Capser, (near) Harlowton, Montana. (The ranch) went from Harlowton to Rygate. Bill Capser was 82 years old  when I got this wagon."<br />
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The wagon was used until about 1939, when the Second World War cut off the ranch's supply of Basque sheep herders. The Studebaker running gear dates to 1896."
    2012-08-001-0947-D.tif
  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required extensive restoration, with some liberties taken regarding full authenticity. The body of the wagon is original, as is the cabinet shown at right.
    2012-08-001-0938-D.tif
  • Greg Hisey, owner and proprietor, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg is sitting at one of the dining tables in the lodge, a former church from Hatton, Saskatchewan.
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  • Detail, dovetail construction of the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg Hisey: "That's an amazing build. The axe-smith who put this together with zero gaps and every log fully scribed from one end to the other.... it's pine. The Cypress Hills burned in 1886 or 1887. One of the old ranchers down there told me that they were not allowed to cut live trees, so they had to use for building standing deadfall. That would explain why there was no chinking in it, because it was shrunk if it was standing deadfall. That kind of verifies the .time it was built. It's an amazing little cabin."
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  • Detail, dovetail construction of the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg Hisey: "That's an amazing build. The axe-smith who put this together with zero gaps and every log fully scribed from one end to the other.... it's pine. The Cypress Hills burned in 1886 or 1887. One of the old ranchers down there told me that they were not allowed to cut live trees, so they had to use for building standing deadfall. That would explain why there was no chinking in it, because it was shrunk if it was standing deadfall. That kind of verifies the .time it was built. It's an amazing little cabin."
    2012-08-001-0910-D.tif
  • Detail, dovetail construction of the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg Hisey: "That's an amazing build. The axe-smith who put this together with zero gaps and every log fully scribed from one end to the other.... it's pine. The Cypress Hills burned in 1886 or 1887. One of the old ranchers down there told me that they were not allowed to cut live trees, so they had to use for building standing deadfall. That would explain why there was no chinking in it, because it was shrunk if it was standing deadfall. That kind of verifies the .time it was built. It's an amazing little cabin."
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  • Looking north, trapper's tent, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK.<br />
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The lights of Maple Creek brighten the sky at right (east). Except for that pool of light, the area is renown for its dark night skies. Cypress Hills Dark Sky Preserve is 25 km south.<br />
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On this clear starry night, a line of thunderstorms was blowing along the northern horizon. Flashes of lightning are visible in the photo.
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  • Chuckwagon and campfire at night, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK
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  • Inside the Historic Log Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK<br />
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100-year-old cabin (built in 1912), looks pretty modern after Greg Hisey has finished with it. On a rainy night in August, the place was warm and cozy. The queen-sized bed, adapted to a vintage double frame, provides a super-comfortable place to rest your head. High-speed wireless Internet is available, thanks to a router in the lodge, next door.
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  • The Lodge, which is a former church, with chuckwagon to left, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK
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  • Thresherman's Wagon, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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This re-creation of a thresherman's wagon is a modern construction on the running gear of a former thresherman's wagon.<br />
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Greg Hisey: "I've had three of those (thresherman's wagons) given to me. The roofs on them came to the top of that window. This running gear came from Jonas Abramson down the road and he gave it to me if I would put a cook car wagon on it."
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  • This steel truss bridge spanned the South Saskatchewan River, joining <br />
the settlement of Nutana with the town of Saskatoon and village of <br />
Riversdale. The promise of the first road bridge to cross the river led to <br />
the amalgamation of the settlements to form the new City of Saskatoon <br />
in 1906. The bridge opened in 1907. It was demolished in 2016.
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  • This steel truss bridge spanned the South Saskatchewan River, joining the settlement of Nutana with the town of Saskatoon and village of Riversdale. The promise of the first road bridge to cross the river led to the amalgamation of the settlements to form the new City of Saskatoon in 1906. The bridge opened in 1907. It was demolished in 2016. 10" x 20" photograph on paper, framed.
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  • Downtown Saskatoon, winter night
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  • Downtown Saskatoon, winter night
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  • Downtown Saskatoon, winter night
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Sheep Wagons and re-created sheep herders' camp.<br />
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Greg Hisey, on the stone cairns: "Sheep herders used those up on high ridges to mark their territory. Wwhen I set up this little camp I wanted it to look like a sheep camp."<br />
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"Most of them are still standing around Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho. Nevada had a lot sheep, and they still have a lot of Basque people and Basque sheep herders in Nevada."
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Shown: Lodge, Chuckwagon.
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  • View from Bald Butte, Centre Block, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan
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  • View from Lookout Point, Centre Block, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan
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  • Cowboy brunch at the Lodge, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Cowboy brunch is served every Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the summer.
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  • Cowboy brunch at the Lodge, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Cowboy brunch is served every Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the summer.
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  • Cowboy brunch at the Lodge, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Cowboy brunch is served every Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the summer.
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  • Bathroom details, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. There are two elegant, yet not ostentatious, full bathrooms with showers, located in the Lodge, at Ghostown Blues. Two baths have proved amply sufficient for the numbers of guests typically present.
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  • Bathroom details, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. There are two elegant, yet not ostentatious, full bathrooms with showers, located in the Lodge, at Ghostown Blues. Two baths have proved amply sufficient for the numbers of guests typically present.
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  • Sheep wagons under the stars, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Looking south southwest.
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Sheep Wagons and re-created sheep herders' camp.<br />
<br />
Greg Hisey, on the stone cairns: "Sheep herders used those up on high ridges to mark their territory. Wwhen I set up this little camp I wanted it to look like a sheep camp."<br />
<br />
"Most of them are still standing around Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho. Nevada had a lot sheep, and they still have a lot of Basque people and Basque sheep herders in Nevada."
    2012-08-001-0984-D.tif
  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
<br />
This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required little restoration, as it had been well preserved by a covering that was put over it many years ago. Contents are authentic, including the bed (but with modern mattress), stove, benches, pull-out table, track lamp, shelf, and towel racks. End walls originally were canvas, but Greg replaced with wood because he liked the way it looked. <br />
<br />
Greg Hisey: "This wagon came from the Capser ranch, Capser, (near) Harlowton, Montana. (The ranch) went from Harlowton to Rygate. Bill Capser was 82 years old  when I got this wagon."<br />
<br />
The wagon was used until about 1939, when the Second World War cut off the ranch's supply of Basque sheep herders. The Studebaker running gear dates to 1896."<br />
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This is a genuine, original sheep wagon stove. Hisey says it had been kept in a barn and never used, so it's in mint condition.<br />
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"Sheep camp stoves had to be tin. They called this a 'Go-to-Hell Stove'. I don't know, someone could tell you why they call it a 'Go-to-Hell Stove', or why that was the name of it, but that's what they called these tin stoves. I think it's because they got so hot!  They wanted them to heat up, quick hot fire and cool down."<br />
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"It's a workable stove, but I fill them with bricks because I don't want people using them."
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  • Greg Hisey, owner and proprietor, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Greg is sitting at one of the dining tables in the lodge, a former church from Hatton, Saskatchewan.
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  • Milky Way and The Lodge at night, with cabins and Thresherman's wagon at right, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK<br />
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This view looks south, with the original chuckwagon at left, the campfire in foreground, the settlers' cabin at right, and the stairs to the thresherman's wagon at extreme right.<br />
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Yes, the sky really is that bright in Maple Creek, just 25 km north of Cypress Hills Dark Sky Preserve.
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  • Trapper's Tent, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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Greg Hisey: "That was owned by a guy named Bob Doonan. It was his hunting tent. Bob Doonan died five or six years ago. He lived with Charlie Russell, down at his ranch one winter. Charlie Russell was in south Alberta quite a bit, but he got over here, too. I just got it, because, oh, man if it could talk! The stories it would tell! It's an old one, and probably by the end of this summer in the sun, it's getting to where you can't use it any more. But I wanted to get it up at least once."
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  • Inside the Lodge, a former church, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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The church was built in the town of Hatton in 1912. Before Hatton was almost entirely destroyed by fire in 1921, followed by the CPR's decision to bypass the town in 1928, the town had become one of the most prosperous in Western Canada.<br />
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"More grain was shipped out of Hatton Saskatchewan than any other town in Canada in 1915," says Greg Hisey, owner of Ghostown Blues. "They had nine wooden grain elevators there. It was quite a thriving little community."<br />
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The Dirty Thirties all but sealed the fate of Hatton. By 1949, there were only six parishioners left to support the church. The Lutheran Church in Maple Creek bought the building for the remaining value of the mortgage on it, about $400, and moved it to Maple Creek. When the Trans Canada Highway pushed through the prairies, bypassing Hatton for Maple Creek, the town didn't stand much of a chance.<br />
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In 1970, the Lutherans built a new church, sending this building across the railroad tracks to be used as a storage shed.
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  • Saskatoon PotashCorp Fireworks Festival, Saturday night fireworks, September 3, 2011
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Shown: Homestead cabin, Lodge, Chuckwagon.
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  • Sheep wagons under the stars, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Guest gather 'round the campfire by the sheep wagons.
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  • Sheep wagons under the stars, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. Guest gather 'round the campfire by the sheep wagons.
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  • Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. This is one of two sheep wagons. This wagon required little restoration, as it had been well preserved by a covering that was put over it many years ago. Contents are authentic, including the bed (but with modern mattress), stove, benches, pull-out table, track lamp, shelf, and towel racks. End walls originally were canvas, but Greg replaced with wood because he liked the way it looked. Greg Hisey on the lantern by the door: "That's a CPR coach car light. (It would have been on the) inside of a coach on the CPR railroad, on a passenger car."
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  • View from Lookout Point, Centre Block, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan
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