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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Darrell interviews and photographs Town of Battleford Mayor Chris Odishaw, seen here resting at the edge of the magnificent bowed stage inside the partially restored interior of the 1-1/2 storey high opera house on the second floor of the town hall.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
    Crawford's Used Books Perdue Saskatc...jpg
  • Ralph Crawford, proprietor of Crawford's Used Books, Perdue, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed for the Merchant's Bank, later purchased by Bank of Montreal and, finally, used as a doctor's office before being left vacant for a few years until purchased by Ralph Crawford seven years ago (in 2004). Crawford, who moved from New Brunswick, spent a year preparing the space, opening six years ago (2005).
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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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  • Homestead Cabin, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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Ghostown Blues owner Greg Hisey says this was originally a settlers' cabin from northeast of town. Greg says the most recent owner before he moved it to Ghostown Blues believes the cabin was moved to a school and the schoolmarm lived in it. <br />
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"In Maple Creek and all these little communities, there's these little shacks that they've moved off, settlers' shacks that they've moved into town. This one was not big enough to put garage doors in, but that's what most of them became. It was kept like this. Of course it didn't look like that when I got it. That's the original siding. I put the window in the end and you can see where I spliced in the boards there. That's an old clapboard type siding. It's a neat little old building. There's some carvings on it." <br />
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During Maple Creek's annual cowboy poetry gathering, the cabin may be used to billet cowboy poets. The cabin is also used as the "green room" for the folk and blues bands that Greg brings to perform at the lodge (outside, if the weather is nice), four times a year.
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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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  • 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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  • Battleford Town Hall and Opera House restoration. Exterior views show details of the original building, and some show the restored domed roof. Photos were taken mid-afternoon and shortly before sunset.
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  • Wellington and Ollie White had to have known the were onto something, when they made their way from Moose Jaw to the shores of Little Manitou Lake in the 1920s. The little resort town was booming, the most popular destination on the prairies. They tore down the old Danceland that had been here before Manitou Beach incorporated in 1919, and built a grand, new dance hall, with horsehair-cushioned maple hardwood flooring. When they flung open the doors for the first time in 1928, it must have been quite the night. Danceland hasn’t stood still since.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6. Wheat fields.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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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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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Fields of freshly baled hay east of town take on a golden glow on a warm prairie summer afternoon.
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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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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 6 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Chuckwagon, Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Highway 271, 1 km west of Maple Creek, SK. <br />
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Greg Hisey: "That's a 1925 Eaton wagon, out of the Eaton catalogue. That's an original wagon. I've built underneath there, that's called the pan boot, and the chuck box there. This was a kitchen on wheels, that's what they were designed for, made by a guy named Charlie Goodnight in 1864 [Wikepedia says 1866], when the cattle drives started. Now, they didn't have trunks on top. It had a rack, and that's where the cowboys' bedrolls went. That's where the chuckwagon races were invented. They usually had more than one of these on the cattle drive and they raced to the next camp to get the best site handy to water. The cowboy's bedrolls [and personal effects were stowed] up front. There was another box on some of them that was a pantry, and then there was a shelf across that you put the lanterns in. So they could eat and cook at night."<br />
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"It was a marvel of practicality, just like the sheep wagons. To me, they were built like a ship berth in there - a marvel of practicality and functionality. This one I take to town quite often for parades and heritage day, or Taste of Maple Creek, and they'll be cooking out of the back of it. All this stuff's hand hammered. I try to keep them as true to what they were as I can get. They're fun. I enjoy building them."
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  • Rest stop, Highway 3, 15 km west of Town of Hudson Bay, Day 6.
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  • Belle Plaine in concert at Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Belle Plaine, lead singer; Jeremy Sauer, drummer; Elizabeth Curry, bass player.<br />
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"Up north, I didn't have any vices except music," says Ghostown Blues owner Greg Hisey. "Edmonton and those towns are just ripe with amazing talent. So, CKUA radio out of Alberta was what I listened to 24/7 and they promote Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba artists, up-and-coming brilliant artists, and I started following them and befriending them and, man, I wanted to do that at this place!"<br />
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Greg books acts until October each year. <br />
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"Once people start to understand the caliber of talent -- you just know that if it's here, it's gonna be good."<br />
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"It's a passion of mine. I like the artists. I enjoy the music. That's what sustains me up north in camps."
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  • Belle Plaine in concert at Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Belle Plaine, lead singer; Jeremy Sauer, drummer; Elizabeth Curry, bass player.<br />
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"Up north, I didn't have any vices except music," says Ghostown Blues owner Greg Hisey. "Edmonton and those towns are just ripe with amazing talent. So, CKUA radio out of Alberta was what I listened to 24/7 and they promote Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba artists, up-and-coming brilliant artists, and I started following them and befriending them and, man, I wanted to do that at this place!"<br />
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Greg books acts until October each year. <br />
<br />
"Once people start to understand the caliber of talent -- you just know that if it's here, it's gonna be good."<br />
<br />
"It's a passion of mine. I like the artists. I enjoy the music. That's what sustains me up north in camps."
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  • Belle Plaine in concert at Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Belle Plaine, lead singer; Jeremy Sauer, drummer; Elizabeth Curry, bass player.<br />
<br />
"Up north, I didn't have any vices except music," says Ghostown Blues owner Greg Hisey. "Edmonton and those towns are just ripe with amazing talent. So, CKUA radio out of Alberta was what I listened to 24/7 and they promote Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba artists, up-and-coming brilliant artists, and I started following them and befriending them and, man, I wanted to do that at this place!"<br />
<br />
Greg books acts until October each year. <br />
<br />
"Once people start to understand the caliber of talent -- you just know that if it's here, it's gonna be good."<br />
<br />
"It's a passion of mine. I like the artists. I enjoy the music. That's what sustains me up north in camps."
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  • Perry Wingenbach. Portraits at campsite at Hudson Bay Regional Park, end of Day 6.<br />
What advice would you give someone on their first tour? Train.<br />
What is your favourite place to go on your bike? Why is it your favourite? Small towns.<br />
If you could ride your bike with anybody in history, who would it be? Where would you go with them, and why? Bill Clinton - Saskatchewan.
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