The Flickr Gravelroadphotography Image Generatr

First Day of Summer - 21 June 2020.

Mother Nature wasn't very kind to this old Pioneer. First, a strong wind put some lean on it's annex, and then it was struck by lightning on Friday, 02 June 2017 and burnt to the ground. It was the last of four grain elevators in White Bear. Another perspective showing the lean on the Annex... flic.kr/p/2oYNQrM

During its heyday Neidpath had four grain elevators, two of which still stand derelict today. Today, they look different. A wind storm took off the top of one of them, and damaged the other in 2021.

This image was the first I shot of the Neidpath duo. It means alot to me as I did a great deal of research to find them from an image of them that I saw here on Flickr. I enjoyed photographing Neidpath that day back in August of 2015. I’ve not returned since. Not that I don’t want to, life has just got in the way.

Along with Neidpath I shot roughly 30 plus elevators in 4 days or so. I had caught the bug. Since then I have traveled from BC to MB capturing many images of Grain Elevators, Ukrainian Churches, Railway Stations, Water Towers, Ghost Towns and various other structures on the Canadian Prairie.

My photographic journey started around 2009 and I have traveled many miles doing what I love to do. 15 years later I am not sure how much longer I can do this. Will 2024 be the last year I am able to get in the Jeep and drive thousands of kilometers across this great country? I’d like to hope that I can continue, but I’m not getting any younger.

So, where am I going with this. Well, right now I am in the preparation and planning stage of a major project. This will be a 365 Photo Project. A project of subjects that I have not yet photographed. My list of prospective subjects is growing, but nowhere near complete, yet. I hope to be on the road sometime around mid-May and have the last photo taken around mid to end of Oct. 365 photos of different subjects in 6 months is very doable if I plan it right. The key is to NOT retrace previous journeys and re-photograph something that I have already taken a shot of.

So why I am posting this verbal diarrhea you may ask? Well, I have a list of close to 2,000 subjects I’d like to photograph, but thought maybe I could enlist my Flickr friends to help me choose which ones to photograph.

The other part of the project could be for me to produce copies of my images in formats such as Calendars, Postcards, Christmas Cards and a Coffee Table Book. Lastly, I would love to build a website to display my work on, as well as Flickr. That work would come after my journey to photograph the subject matter this summer. This is something I have been thinking about for many years, and I feel now is the time to just get it done.

My camera kit has expanded recently and I am looking at acquiring a few other pieces to allow for different perspectives and compositions. More on that in the future.

So what have I photographed so far. Well, this photostream is a good star to see that, and you can view my other photostream here to see more… The Bear Den

So, what do you think? Would you have any suggestions? It would be great to hear your thoughts and opinions on this. I look forward to your input. Anywhere from AB to MB would be good.

PS: One last question? Which format do you like to see images displayed in? Colour, black and white, landscape format, original format, or square format? Or a combination of all of these?

During its heyday Neidpath had four grain elevators, two of which still stand derelict today. Today, they look different. A wind storm took off the top of one of them, and damaged the other in 2021.

This image was the first I shot of the Neidpath duo. It means alot to me as I did a great deal of research to find them from an image of them that I saw here on Flickr. I enjoyed photographing Neidpath that day back in August of 2015. I’ve not returned since. Not that I don’t want to, life has just got in the way.

Along with Neidpath I shot roughly 30 plus elevators in 4 days or so. I had caught the bug. Since then I have traveled from BC to MB capturing many images of Grain Elevators, Ukrainian Churches, Railway Stations, Water Towers, Ghost Towns and various other structures on the Canadian Prairie.

My photographic journey started around 2009 and I have traveled many miles doing what I love to do. 15 years later I am not sure how much longer I can do this. Will 2024 be the last year I am able to get in the Jeep and drive thousands of kilometers across this great country? I’d like to hope that I can continue, but I’m not getting any younger.

So, where am I going with this. Well, right now I am in the preparation and planning stage of a major project. This will be a 365 Photo Project. A project of subjects that I have not yet photographed. My list of prospective subjects is growing, but nowhere near complete, yet. I hope to be on the road sometime around mid-May and have the last photo taken around mid to end of Oct. 365 photos of different subjects in 6 months is very doable if I plan it right. The key is to NOT retrace previous journeys and re-photograph something that I have already taken a shot of.

So why I am posting this verbal diarrhea you may ask? Well, I have a list of close to 2,000 subjects I’d like to photograph, but thought maybe I could enlist my Flickr friends to help me choose which ones to photograph.

The other part of the project could be for me to produce copies of my images in formats such as Calendars, Postcards, Christmas Cards and a Coffee Table Book. Lastly, I would love to build a website to display my work on, as well as Flickr. That work would come after my journey to photograph the subject matter this summer. This is something I have been thinking about for many years, and I feel now is the time to just get it done.

My camera kit has expanded recently and I am looking at acquiring a few other pieces to allow for different perspectives and compositions. More on that in the future.

So what have I photographed so far. Well, this photostream is a good star to see that, and you can view my other photostream here to see more… The Bear Den Photography

So, what do you think? Would you have any suggestions? It would be great to hear your thoughts and opinions on this. I look forward to your input. Anywhere from AB to MB would be good.

PS: One last question? Which format do you like to see images displayed in? Colour, black and white, landscape format, original format, or square format? Or a combination of all of these?

The Alberta Pacific Grain Co. elevator closed in 1951. It was subsequently used by a farming concern for grain storage. This elevator is the last of three built in Dorothy in 1928.

Nothing left of the town but the site of the cemetery has a small church. When the settlers settled here they built a small church and cemetery and naming it Senkiw in remembrance of their homeland village near the town of Zalischshiki, in the Austrian province of Galacia in what is now western Ukraine.

The elevator in the foreground is a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool built in 1953. The one in the background is a former Federal elevator built in 1922. Both are Municipal Heritage Properties.

First Day of Summer - 21 June 2020.

Taken February 2021.

No snow in the Edmonton area yet, as of 01 Dec 2023. It will arrive at some point in the near future, and most likely with a vengeance.

An abandoned Alberta Pacific Grain Co. Elevator that lost it's roof to wind in 2015 is standing all alone in the Red Deer River Valley.

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church is part of the history of the community that developed after 1903 in the Spring Lake district of Alberta, following arrival by rail of German settlers from Minnesota. A store, school and St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church at Spring Lake served the adjacent rural community. Here’s a good write up on the history of the church

A C.P.R. Section House in a ghost town in southern Alberta.

Bruce Stampede 2011. Not sure what role these guys played in the stampede, or why I took the shot. I do not take photos of people normally, but I did enjoy the time doing just that at the stampede. It must be the fact that the shots were random, candid shots. Maybe a revisit to Bruce next year should be in the cards...

Anyways, during the two stampedes of 2010 & 2011, I took a total of 1,685 images. The ones I have posted are what I feel are the best of those 1,685. I hope you enjoy them.