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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.
    2011-08-003-0103-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    2011-07-101-0144-D_living.tif
  • Oral Fuentes Reggae Band performs onstage at the Festival Pavillion, Rotary Park, Potash Corp Fireworks Festival, Saskatoon
    2010-09-102-0335-D.tif
  • Live/work home offices are on the rise in Saskatoon. Happy Grove and Adrian Stimson have turned this former grocery store into a design and art studio, with their home above..Artwork:.Art work by:.Helen Mackie and not sure of the drawing.Todd Towers and Jason Bartokis.Wally Dion and Donna Jopling.Jason Bartokis and Todd Towers
    SH5_IMG-2_design_grove.jpg
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    2011-07-101-0157-D_dining.tif
  • Kurylyk residence in Cathedral Bluffs for Saskatoon Home Magazine
    2008-11-101-0043-D.jpg
  • Home of Mark and Odette Nicholson, 1122 2nd St E, Saskatoon. Interior photos for Saskatoon Home magazine feature story on renovations.
    SHF4-07 nicholson-bathroom 2009-02-1...jpg
  • The secluded back yard is an ongoing labour of love. Joe Laturnus, better known as "Joe the Rockman", designed the yard and continues to develop it with Bev's help. Heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry. Interior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img06_beaudry_yard.jpg
  • Second Avenue Lofts, suite of Sandra Young, owner of Willow Studio, for SH7 Decor article for Saskatoon Home, Fall 2010..Artwork:.6. Back Road to Heaven 7 by Patrick Dowie.7. Green Falls by Chris Hodge
    SH7_img05_Young.jpg
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    2011-07-101-0121-D_bath.tif
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    2011-07-101-0115-D_bath.tif
  • Riff Raff performs onstage at the Festival Pavillion, Rotary Park, Potash Corp Fireworks Festival, Saskatoon
    2010-09-102-0183-D.tif
  • Heney Klypak Prairie Style acreage on Tipperary Creek near Wanuskewin Heritage Park and Cathedral Bluffs, Saskatoon
    Heney Klypak Prairie Style acreage o...tif
  • Kurylyk residence in Cathedral Bluffs for Saskatoon Home Magazine
    2008-11-101-0050-D.jpg
  • Kurylyk residence in Cathedral Bluffs for Saskatoon Home Magazine
    2008-11-101-0016-D.jpg
  • SHF4-08 robbin-hehn-reno 2009-02-101...jpg
  • Home of Mark and Odette Nicholson, 1122 2nd St E, Saskatoon. Interior photos for Saskatoon Home magazine feature story on renovations.
    SHF4-06 nicholson-livingroom 2009-02...jpg
  • Home of Mark and Odette Nicholson, 1122 2nd St E, Saskatoon. Interior photos for Saskatoon Home magazine feature story on renovations.
    SHF4-05 nicholson-livingroom 2009-02...jpg
  • Home of Mark and Odette Nicholson, 1122 2nd St E, Saskatoon. Interior photos for Saskatoon Home magazine feature story on renovations.
    SHF4-04 nicholson-livingroom 2009-02...jpg
  • Home of Mark and Odette Nicholson, 1122 2nd St E, Saskatoon. Interior photos for Saskatoon Home magazine feature story on renovations.
    SHF4-03 nicholson-livingroom 2009-02...jpg
  • The secluded back yard is an ongoing labour of love. Joe Laturnus, better known as "Joe the Rockman", designed the yard and continues to develop it with Bev's help. Heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry. Interior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img08_beaudry_yard.jpg
  • Items such as this dreamcatcher fill the home, giving it a cozy, personal flare. Heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry, Saskatoon. Interior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img05_beaudry_dreamcatcher.jpg
  • Evening sunlight streams into the living room of the heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry, Saskatoon. Iinterior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img01_beaudry_living_room.jpg
  • Second Avenue Lofts, suite of Sandra Young, owner of Willow Studio, for SH7 Decor article for Saskatoon Home, Fall 2010..Artwork:.2. Library 2 by Jill Thomson.3. Waterlight 36 by Jay Roma Lamb.4. Where the Wild Things Grow by Jane Harrington.5. Mobile by Sandra Young.6. Back Road to Heaven 7 by Patrick Dowie.7. Green Falls by Chris Hodge.8. Ness Creek by James Wyper.9. Landscape by Hugo Alvarado
    SH7_img03_cover_Young.jpg
  • Live/work home offices are on the rise in Saskatoon. Happy Grove and Adrian Stimson have turned this former grocery store into a design and art studio, with their home above..Artwork by:.Adrian Stimson and Terrance Houle.Adrian Stimson, Peter Von Tiesenhausen, Royal Art Lodge, Michele Boutin, Steve Forbis, M. Langlois, Jefferson Little, Danny Cutfeet.Ruth Cuthand.Adrian Stimson.Adrian Stimson.Michael Lonechild
    SH5_IMG-7_design_grove.jpg
  • Live/work home offices are on the rise in Saskatoon. Happy Grove and Adrian Stimson have turned this former grocery store into a design and art studio, with their home above..Artwork:.Art work by:.Helen Mackie and not sure of the drawing.Todd Towers and Jason Bartokis.Wally Dion and Donna Jopling.Jason Bartokis and Todd Towers
    SH5_IMG-3_design_grove.jpg
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    2011-07-101-0237-D_kitchen.tif
  • All of the Above performs onstage at the Festival Pavillion, Rotary Park, Potash Corp Fireworks Festival, Saskatoon
    2010-09-102-0273-D.tif
  • Riff Raff performs onstage at the Festival Pavillion, Rotary Park, Potash Corp Fireworks Festival, Saskatoon
    2010-09-102-0180-D.tif
  • Residence of Heney Klypak, architect, and Gwen Klypak, artist
    Heney Klypak Prairie Style showing T...tif
  • Kurylyk residence in Cathedral Bluffs for Saskatoon Home Magazine
    2008-11-101-0003-D.jpg
  • Residence of Sarah Robbins and Jeff Hehn, 1007 Temperance Avenue, for story on renovations for Sasaktoon Home magazine.
    SHF4-12 robbin-hehn-reno 2009-02-101...jpg
  • SHF4-09 robbin-hehn-reno 2009-02-101...jpg
  • The secluded back yard is an ongoing labour of love. Joe Laturnus, better known as "Joe the Rockman", designed the yard and continues to develop it with Bev's help. Heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry. Interior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img11_beaudry_yard.jpg
  • Second Avenue Lofts, suite of Sandra Young, owner of Willow Studio, for SH7 Decor article for Saskatoon Home, Fall 2010..Artwork:.2. Library 2 by Jill Thomson.3. Waterlight 36 by Jay Roma Lamb.4. Where the Wild Things Grow by Jane Harrington.5. Mobile by Sandra Young.6. Back Road to Heaven 7 by Patrick Dowie.7. Green Falls by Chris Hodge.8. Ness Creek by James Wyper.9. Landscape by Hugo Alvarado.10. Tree Sculpture by Todd Young
    SH7_img11_Young.jpg
  • Second Avenue Lofts, suite of Sandra Young, owner of Willow Studio, for SH7 Decor article for Saskatoon Home, Fall 2010. .Artwork: .1. Untitled by Craig Leontowitcz.2. Library 2 by Jill Thomson.3. Waterlight 36 by Jay Roma Lamb.4. Where the Wild Things Grow by Jane Harrington.5. Mobile by Sandra Young.6. Back Road to Heaven 7 by Patrick Dowie.7. Green Falls by Chris Hodge.8. Ness Creek by James Wyper.9. Landscape by Hugo Alvarado.10. Tree Sculpture by Todd Young
    SH7_img01_Young.jpg
  • Live/work home offices are on the rise in Saskatoon. Happy Grove and Adrian Stimson have turned this former grocery store into a design and art studio, with their home above..Artwork by:.Adrian Stimson and Terrance Houle.Adrian Stimson, Peter Von Tiesenhausen, Royal Art Lodge, Michele Boutin, Steve Forbis, M. Langlois, Jefferson Little, Danny Cutfeet.Ruth Cuthand.Adrian Stimson.Adrian Stimson.Michael Lonechild
    SH5_IMG-5_design_grove.jpg
  • The secluded back yard is an ongoing labour of love. Joe Laturnus, better known as "Joe the Rockman", designed the yard and continues to develop it with Bev's help. Heritage Buena Vista home of Bev and Julian Beaudry. Interior and exterior shoot for Saskatoon Home Magazine, Fall 2010 issue, SH8 (Spotlight) article.
    SH8_img07_beaudry_yard.jpg
  • 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 />
<br />
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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  • 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."
    2012-08-001-0911-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."
    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."
    2012-08-001-0908-D.tif
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.
    Manitou-Beach-shrimp-plant_2012-07-0...jpg
  • 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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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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  • 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 />
<br />
This cabin stood on the big ranch run by the Ramsay family.<br />
<br />
"Bill Ramsay . . . said his great granddad moved this off the prairies in the 1920s. He thinks it was built around 1912."<br />
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"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."
    2012-08-001-0863-D.tif
  • 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
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0059-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0054-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • Cottonwood Falls Park is named after Cottonwood Falls, located where Cottonwood Creek passes under Highways 3A and 6. The falls precede the building of the highway, however. In 1892, the young city of Nelson approved the installation of an electrical generating station at this location. This early run-of-the-river facility went online in 1896, ultimately producing 150 kilo-watts of power after various upgrades over the years leading up to 1907. By that time, the city had begun work on the Bonnington Falls generating station, and the Cottonwood Falls station was gradually retired. Remnants of the dam and plant survived until the highway construction in the 1970s. Some of the earlier generating equipment found its way to Mirror Lake, where it is still in operation.
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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
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0102-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • Cottonwood Falls Park is named after Cottonwood Falls, located where Cottonwood Creek passes under Highways 3A and 6. The falls precede the building of the highway, however. In 1892, the young city of Nelson approved the installation of an electrical generating station at this location. This early run-of-the-river facility went online in 1896, ultimately producing 150 kilo-watts of power after various upgrades over the years leading up to 1907. By that time, the city had begun work on the Bonnington Falls generating station, and the Cottonwood Falls station was gradually retired. Remnants of the dam and plant survived until the highway construction in the 1970s. Some of the earlier generating equipment found its way to Mirror Lake, where it is still in operation.
    2014-08-004-0188-D.jpg
  • Transport Canada collision investigators work with Saskatoon police and transit to provide analysis of collision between transit bus and sport utility vehicle. The collision occurred earlier in the year, resulting in injuries to SUV occupants and bus passengers and damage to an apartment building. The reconstruction took place under similar lighting and weather conditions as the original collision.
    Collision reconstruction 013.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).
    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
  • Drizzly Saturday morning at Ghostown Blues Bed & Breakfast, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Antique wagons. <br />
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Greg Hisey: "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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  • 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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  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0109-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0104-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0100-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0061-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0051-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • 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.
    2011-08-003-0041-D_Battleford-opera-...jpg
  • Cottonwood Falls Park is named after Cottonwood Falls, located where Cottonwood Creek passes under Highways 3A and 6. The falls precede the building of the highway, however. In 1892, the young city of Nelson approved the installation of an electrical generating station at this location. This early run-of-the-river facility went online in 1896, ultimately producing 150 kilo-watts of power after various upgrades over the years leading up to 1907. By that time, the city had begun work on the Bonnington Falls generating station, and the Cottonwood Falls station was gradually retired. Remnants of the dam and plant survived until the highway construction in the 1970s. Some of the earlier generating equipment found its way to Mirror Lake, where it is still in operation.
    2014-08-004-0194-D.jpg
  • Transport Canada collision investigators work with Saskatoon police and transit to provide analysis of collision between transit bus and sport utility vehicle. The collision occurred earlier in the year, resulting in injuries to SUV occupants and bus passengers and damage to an apartment building. The reconstruction took place under similar lighting and weather conditions as the original collision.
    Collision reconstruction 012.jpg
  • Transport Canada collision investigators work with Saskatoon police and transit to provide analysis of collision between transit bus and sport utility vehicle. The collision occurred earlier in the year, resulting in injuries to SUV occupants and bus passengers and damage to an apartment building. The reconstruction took place under similar lighting and weather conditions as the original collision.
    Collision reconstruction 011.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
  • 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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  • 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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