It's amazing to think how the houses, the schools, the cars, the tractors, the machinery, all cost people their lives in time and money, and are now abandoned...
@deepblueacc
10 ай бұрын
That's why they call it earthly things. Some people worked their whole live just to afford only one of those things.
@dougrobbins5367
5 ай бұрын
Yes, the passage of time has a way of being unpleasant
@clearsailing7993
Жыл бұрын
I worked with a Canadian engineer here in Detroit about 30 years ago. He grew up in the wheat growing areas of western Canada. They used an enclosed wagon to go to town. It was so cold that the wagon had its own heater to burn wood (I think coal too). He was in the Canadian Air Force in ww2 in England. He was a really smart guy with an incredible memory. He told me many interesting stories about Canada and England.
@williamhudson5537
4 ай бұрын
1:40
@joelgrosschmidt5507
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this. I am fascinated by abandoned towns in the prairies. These old houses that had children running around barefoot, mothers cooking over wood fired stoves, men coming in for lunch from working. I cant describe the feeling it gives me.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@minkorrh
10 ай бұрын
You're going back way over 100 years with thoughts like that. Just because people were rural doesn't mean they're living in abject poverty ffs. Some of the wealthiest people you will meet are farmers...maybe not back then, but these days.....
@joelgrosschmidt5507
10 ай бұрын
@@minkorrh dumbest reply I’ve ever seen. The scenario I described was the daily life of my father as a child. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t over 100 years ago. Plenty of central albertans in the 50s lived that way. The way you blast stupidity with such confidence might be sign of a malignant tumour. Go get checked out.
@brianhdueck3372
4 ай бұрын
That is exactly the imaging running through my mind. Where have all the children gone… the smells of fresh break… chicken dinners…. Vibrancy and hope. Oddly sad and lonely, yet intriguing and warm. I love these historic throw back videos.
@morganahoff2242
Жыл бұрын
It really makes you feel like you're livin' on a ball. I took a guitar building course 30 years ago in a small town in Saskatchewan, and it has since become a town full of artisans. Because you can buy a house for $60,000, and put a kiln in the back yard if you want to. People have time to explore their creativity, not distracted by lots of other people, and things.
@TheMrCC21
Жыл бұрын
"Small town Saskatchewan" is quite vague. Just say the place.
@dawnwennberg9884
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMrCC21 pick one buddy. You can be free to walk around naked. Winter sucks though.
@suefrench8721
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a wonderful place. Don't say the name; you'll be inundated with so many new neighbors that your magical place will change forever!
@benjaminnjeru879
Жыл бұрын
The homeless people should be relocated here
@user-jd9fl2zx2u
11 ай бұрын
A friend of mine went to that school in around 2000. He currently lives in Mortlach Sk
@Cliff2548
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting trip through these Sask. Ghost Towns however, it leaves an ache in the pit of my stomach!
@bigdansplan9262
Жыл бұрын
Great footage. The one thing that immediately stuck out to me in these towns was that there is no grafiti. One of the USA’s traits is to deface anything when possible. A demographic rundown would probably explain this. Thank you.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
There isn't many people who live in these areas, that might be why.
@barryrahn5957
Жыл бұрын
I hadn't noticed, but yes, no graffiti! How refreshing! Alas it's a worldwide phenomenon.
@abrahamdozer6273
Жыл бұрын
Canadian culture is generally a bit different and for the most part, the urban areas are much cleaner and safer in Canada, too.
@barryrahn5957
Жыл бұрын
@@abrahamdozer6273 I think in Canada the culture is generally more reserved and respectful and not quite so self promoting. A nosegay from south of the border.
@abrahamdozer6273
Жыл бұрын
@@devoniangardens2974 Are you really a grown man?
@rustyscrapper
Жыл бұрын
The church at 5:50 is mint. That's what you want to buy dirt cheap. The structure is probably still good if you replace the roof and address any water leak issues, then pressure wash the old paint off tbe wood, and re paint the wood. New Windows probably, then the building will not continue to degrade into a pile of shit. Then you address the interior, it's probably high quality custom wood. Sand and stain it. Then build interior units that have upper levels within the church, so it's all non structural interior additions. And you got yourself a 4 plex.
@billfarley9167
3 ай бұрын
A four plex for what? Electrical source? heat? food? medical issues? transportation? gas and vehicle maintenance? Etc, etc,eEtc.
@nicolasuribestanko
2 ай бұрын
@@billfarley9167 Hey, let a guy dream!
@mercsport
Жыл бұрын
That was fascinating: you have a good eye for framing a picture. The emptiness of the flatlands twixt Winnipeg and the Rockies was tangible throughout. Over 50+ yrs ago and as a penniless bum from Britain and fresh from a winter trawling for fish out of Reykjavik, and hitchhiking my way across Canada in '64 looking to find a fishing boat out of Vancouver, a work crew from a Manitoba grain company picked me up, and I ended up for a couple of months working, shingling the company's grain elevators in Alberta S of Calgary down to the U.S. border. It was interesting in the sense that you didn't want to fall off, and like deep sea fishing where you were fully engaged in not drowning, there was a wee bit of danger too: If you slipped there was only a rope to grab if you were quick enough. I don't think Health and Safety had quite the power back then it has today.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Safety was not a huge concern that is for sure, I believe that!
@myautobiography9711
Жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe these places must have been full of hope, newly settled barely over a century ago. These prairie towns are more significant than other places because those times must be so close from today that early settlers were still alive during my infant years. I thought rural Ontario was fun, boy was I wrong.
@robertodebeers2551
Жыл бұрын
Excellent road-trip video of some interesting towns and landscapes. I'm from Montana, so some of these scenes look pretty familiar. Hope to see more of your work here.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I used to live in Sidney. Montana is my fav state!
@JensSchraeder
6 ай бұрын
I find these small Saskatchewan towns so peaceful. My dad grew up just north of there. In a small town called Gouldtown on a farm. Rest in Peace Dad.
@attrell
6 ай бұрын
I been there!
@grantfahlman1815
Жыл бұрын
Chris, thanks for another ride along. Great to see, and sad at the same time, the general area where my Mom's side of the family is from. It's amazing to think how nature takes its toll and slowly returns things to their original state. If the walls in all these areas could speak of the brave souls/pioneers/families who made their lives in such places before "moving on". 😢
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Way back in teh day I got so many stories, I wish I had written them down!
@grantfahlman1815
Жыл бұрын
@@attrell No kidding. You might have been able to write a book that could have sold well; at least locally.
@dlwdaddyo1
Жыл бұрын
Did you forget Govenlock? There is only a sign and one building the last time I was there, maybe 1992? My dad and I had sold oats and hay to lodge creek ranch. My neighbor (see KZitem: Riverview Ranch) sold hay to another place down there and I delivered it
@barrydeglow8112
Жыл бұрын
So many of these old ghost towns used to be a lot of money in farming but this is the end result of selling out to places like china
@glentomkins8044
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris, looks like farming towns all over the western world. There are plenty of abandoned or semi-abandoned towns in Australia too, sadly. It has happened as farms got bigger and people moved into cities.
@spectrumofreality
Жыл бұрын
More than enough vacant farm land in Canada to feed the world!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Some folks are moving back to small towns now here
@4thlinemaniac356
Жыл бұрын
False History real history @ Spacebusters Comets and Cataclysyms series @ John Levi & Michell Gibsonn channels. Ever heard of Tartaria?
@missourimongoose8858
Жыл бұрын
@@spectrumofrealityexcept Justin won't let yall have enough fertilizer for something like that to much climate change lol
@fuzzywuzzy5749
Жыл бұрын
As someone with roots in SK, my eyes are filled with tears . RIP Mildred SK
@nicolasuribestanko
2 ай бұрын
My roots are in Dauphin, Manitoba. But my eyes have also filled with tears.
@c.morees9698
Жыл бұрын
Nice video..i've been in Saskatchewan in 1981. I was picked up from the Regina airport by my Canadian uncle who married my Dutch aunt just after Workd War 2. I my memory we came trough Assinaboi(?) were we did some shoppings and went on to Rockglen(n?) were they lived. I enjoyed Saskatchewan in the summer and worked on several farms(most milking cows) while the farmers were harvesting the crops. Cornelis Morees, The Netherlands🇨🇦🇳🇱
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Things have changed a lot since then. Most grain elevators are now gone. Thanks for watching, pretty exciting you are from The Netherlands and watching!
@luckyguy600
Жыл бұрын
Just depressing and my whole family were basically from Waldron. After the war/ the railways disappeared/ the grain elevators were disused, and the whole place went back to what it once was. Wild grass is for buffalo and native Indian bands from hundreds of years ago. Your videos are great, for sure, but it saddens me when I used to visit the area. My grandparents were railway men from the turn of the century/ and homesteading.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
It is kind of sad, especially when you read the local history book and see photos from the towns heydays!
@4thlinemaniac356
Жыл бұрын
False History Ever heard of Tartaria? A video essay on you tube title There are no Forests on flat Earth English dubbed version before @Spacebusters & John Levi & Michelle Gibson channels
@dlwdaddyo1
Жыл бұрын
We had a cowboy poetry gathering in Taber Alberta last spring. One of our board members suggested we do a benefit for a young bronc rider from Consul, who got his neck broken in a rodeo wreck at Brooks over the Christmas season. Cowboy poets, western story tellers and western musicians from all over the west, a wood carver and a children/youth author from New Hampshire and local businesses all sent merchandise to be auctioned off for the benefit for Sandy the cowboy from Consul
@MySpitfire19
Жыл бұрын
We use to have our 4-H meetings at the old community hall in Robsart and that riding arena behind those swings is where we would ride. That was only 20 years ago.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Wow I was there my first time in 2003
@Xean45
Жыл бұрын
I'm lucky enough to live in Sask and visit many old ghost towns while trompsing around the back roads. Just bought a piece of history myself: The Nolan School House that earlier this year was at the intersection of Hwy 4 North and the hamlet of Hamlin Rd. Moved it three miles down the road to my property. Glad I got to save a bit of history :)
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
wow! amazing!
@palco22
Жыл бұрын
It does make me sad to see some of these towns like this. I knew these places back in the 1960's. As a teenager, life was so good in southern Saskatchewan.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I agree.
@billfarley9167
Жыл бұрын
Saskatchewan produced a lot of NHL players back in the day. Learned how to skate and play shinny hockey on sloughs before they hit the big time.
@samgagner5200
Жыл бұрын
Robsart is where my wife's dad was raised; born on his grandparent's farm. My 5 year old son and I were with the last family members farming in the area. Aunt Rose and Uncle Frank were driving slowly through the old town telling stories about the old days. A small house had yellow curtains blowing through a slightly open window. We stopped. Looking through the window the place looked like someone had stepped out for a moment. We entered carefully, looking with respect at this two room shack that had been the home of a man named Manfred Smith. Uncle Frank said Manfred had felt unwell, went to the hospital and never returned home. The wood stove was ready to be lit, a handmade table cloth adorned the small table. A shaving kit sat on a shelf. The man had no family. A box of old photos was in the bedroom beside the bed. My son was amazed that someone lived in the little house. We left everything as is.
@billfarley9167
3 ай бұрын
Respect.
@danielomalley4394
Жыл бұрын
My Mom, Gisèle Beaudoin, was the one of the daughters of Arthur and Clara, who answered the call of Abbé Louis-Pierre Gravel,for whom Gravelbourg is named, to move from Québec to homestead in Saskathcewan circa 1911 shortly after their wedding. Mom told us about seeing dust storms blackening the sky sweeping away so much top-soil that fence-posts were left swaying in the wind. And locusts. Such was life in the 1930,S Dust Bowl. After his eldest son died of blood poisoning, a cut whilst haying, he gave up, moving his daughters and young sons to Québec. Thus uprooted, my Mom , age 14, was to miss her home for the rest of her life. Such is life.
@heatherchambers1609
Жыл бұрын
Still 30% Francophone in Gravelbourg with associated cultural services according to Wikipedia. Definitely not a ghost town here
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
TOo bad she had to move, it was really bad in that area of Saskatchewan
@davidrobins4025
Жыл бұрын
My dad, Rev. Kenneth Robins, was raised on a farm outside Ponteix. When we were children (early 50's) dad and mom brought us to his old home. And my father who was an ordained minister held meetings in the church in Aneroid every night for a whole week. My sister, brother and I were the "special music" at each of the church services. Many years later, I returned to Aneroid with my cousin to attend the funeral service of her father, Gerald Robins. My dad spoke at his funeral service in that church.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Very nice town, Aneroid is much smaller now
@brianhdueck3372
4 ай бұрын
@@attrellI understand, as only a fellow PK could.
@ronmifsud6946
Жыл бұрын
How sad..........all those cars rusting away. I experienced places -wrecking cars salvage yards, they rather see the cars going to hell then try to sell them little cheaper so they end up in good homes..........................You don't need that background music. It's very annoying
@longfellow5276
Жыл бұрын
Not much rusting in that area.
@higgy04
Жыл бұрын
Dollard was Wanda's last name on Corner Gas. Most of the characters last names were towns and villages throughout the province. Val Marie is the birthplace of six-time Stanley Cup winner Bryan Trottier.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah I forgot about that!
@MrGaryRoberton
Жыл бұрын
As the radio personality, Bob Arnold said of Wood Mountain, "Our town was so small, on Saturday night we would go down to main street, and watch the GIRL" RIP Bob.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha!
@wdobni
Жыл бұрын
most of these villages were built by immigrants from europe who came over between 1900 and 1920 in relation to the great migrations of the WW1 era...they came to free land and pristine unopened prairie and were pioneer homesteaders, most of them ..... all of Saskatchewan was a collection of farming villages identical to these every 20 miles grouped around a grain collection elevator attached to a railroad spur line ..... by 1950 you started to see widespread rural electrification and paved roads were starting to appear.....................the land was bountiful in grain if you were young and very hardy and didn't mind isolation, but the weather was brutal with long cold winters and short dry summers...a good safe place to raise a family but far away from the culture and thrills of fast paced urban life....much of Saskatchewan 120 years ago was like the garden of eden before the expulsion of adam and eve. now all this is gone, replaced by high intensity socialism and cookie cutter suburbia in a couple cities and a few centralized big towns
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Small towns are making a comeback!
@billfarley9167
3 ай бұрын
What the hell is "high intensity socialism?" You one of those "high intensity fascists?"
@adamwelsh9372
Жыл бұрын
Dollard was founded by the father of novelist Gabrielle Roy. It was originally called Valroy, valley of the Roys but renamed,
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I did not know that. thank you!
@seanfrank4158
Жыл бұрын
I toured that area a few years ago now. I'm from BC where mountains are the norm around here so being in southern Saskatchewan is like being on another planet for me. I really enjoyed it. I need to go back I think....
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed your trip!!
@annmorgana2848
Жыл бұрын
me too! born and raised on the bc coast, the ocean of rolling grass on the prairies was a revelation. cant wait to go back!
@pugnacious6290
11 ай бұрын
As someone who grew up in this exact area, trust me it goes both ways 😅. I get excited any time I see a decently-sized hill or a patch of trees. Driving through BC is absolutely mind-blowing.
@genesisknight9948
8 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, its the other way around for me. I'm so used to the flat prairies that after a few days in the B.C area I start longing for the prairie views again. Idk, I just find being surrounded by mountains on all sides a bit suffocating. But granted that I've seen nothing but flat lands for my whole life, it makes sense why its hard to adjust to a complete change in environment.
@createone100
Жыл бұрын
Curling rinks ‘used to be popular’ in rural Saskatchewan! News flash, they still are!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Not as popular as they were in 1950.
@garyposehn9129
Жыл бұрын
As a young geologist with SaskOil Corporation in the early 1970's I well sat many oil wells in this area. One would get use to people talking about you at the local cafes and wondering what the drilling rig will find on someone's land. Winters were brutal as there was usually no snow and strong blustery winds. As a geologist the area surrounding the Cypress Hills is mind boggling and with landform-expressions like the Ravenscrag Valley tells of the mighty affects of continental glaciation. I truly enjoyed this video and my days in this part of the province. One must not miss the restaurant in Eastend (Jack's; we use to drive for hours to eat at this establishment) and the T-Rex Museum!! What I do not miss is the grasshoppers!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Grasshoppers are bad this year!
@keith2599
Жыл бұрын
Good day to you Chris' Again another epic trail across SK and those old cars and churches look amazing' Most of the churches there seem to have the same quality built theme and shape along with white paint also, This video is thrilling to watch and really enjoyed the walk around" So photogenic and serene... Take care Chris to yourself and your family and look forward to all the videos you post and many thanks for your time doing these....Best 73s from the uk 😊❤
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@alexdetrojan4534
Жыл бұрын
...I might add that I travelled through that particular part of Saskatchewan back in the late 70's and fell in love with it. I always promised myself I would return there when I retired...I'm months away from retirement...so time to fulfill my promise. 🙂
@ItsNotMeItsYou007
Жыл бұрын
Kind of thinking about that myself.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Happy retirement!!
@brianhdueck3372
4 ай бұрын
@@ItsNotMeItsYou007do it guys! It’s so worth it! She’s a harsh but beautiful land.
@magcs6233
Жыл бұрын
I've lived in SK my whole life and can't understand how people don't find it beautiful, From Leader to Moosomin, Estevan to La Ronge its an amazing province. Growing up around Moose Jaw, Briercrest, Avonlea and Leader was the best childhood I could have ever asked for, thanks for the video, more places to shoot up next spring!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@davidrussell8795
6 ай бұрын
You see beauty, but others see a baren landscape devoid of trees! Flowers etc,except for Northern Saskatchewan, trees lakes ,something to look at and appreciate! The praires are like seeing your Breafast pancake everyday!I So if you see a pancake as beutiful,we'll,you need to broaden your horizons,go see the mountains, get off the pancake 😅!!! Well there is some beauty out there,but you have yo get used to staring at open fields, and a few animals.
@davidrussell8795
6 ай бұрын
R.I.P SASKATCHEWAN!
@JensSchraeder
6 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Saskatchewan. It’s my home and always will be.
@JensSchraeder
6 ай бұрын
@@davidrussell8795that’s what I love about Saskatchewan. The northern lakes and forests all the way down to the open grasslands. It’s my home and always will be.
@tonynicholson2697
Жыл бұрын
This is amazing! We moved to Medicine Hat last year and we have been exploring since we got here. I'll be driving us several of these locations in the next few weeks. Thank you for sharing this with us.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Have a fun trip!
@robswystun2766
4 ай бұрын
Cool video. I love old, abandoned places, especially churches.
@mentourrightbrain
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. My grandparents met in Star City in southern Saskatchewan...both new immigrants, Grandpa from the states and grandma from Norway. My dad was born in star city on Easter Sunday in 1939. They met at a dance hall. It is nice to see my roots in Canadian history.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, glad you enjoyed the video!
@charlottecampbell4327
Жыл бұрын
I know only of a Star City in the north-central area of Saskatchewan near Melfort., off highway 3, along highway 681. Amazing that your grandparents from so far apart met in small-town Saskatchewan. Maybe at a school dance?
@mentourrightbrain
Жыл бұрын
Well my grandmother only had grade one back in the early 1900s so I doubt it was a school dance but it was a dance lol
@abrahamdozer6273
Жыл бұрын
My aunt and uncle lived in Star City 1940s to 1970s and I visited there as a child. My aunt taught school there to a couple of generations.
@nigellee9824
Жыл бұрын
Who cares…
@gopherholehotel
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for adding your great video. I lived in a few of these towns through the 1950's and 60's . Admiral , Frontier and Shaunavon . It made for a great upbringing with good friends . It is sad to see a lot of towns returned to nature . Once were busy towns . It brings back lots of memories for me.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@BillBerven
Жыл бұрын
I was born & raised in Saskatchewan. East of Regina. I joined the Royal Bank in 1961 and started in Aneroid , SK. Last I was through over 10 years ago it was a ghost town but the old bank building was on main st as was the old hotel, to bad you hadn’t filmed them. I recall so many of those towns, Kincaide, Vanguard , Gravelberg and so many more. So many fond memories of playing hockey along that line. Also had relatives at Robsart spent many good times there.
@pugnacious6290
11 ай бұрын
My best friend growing up was from Aneroid, my wife is from Vanguard, we went to school in Kincaid and my dad is from Gravelbourg 😁
@speedysteve9121
Жыл бұрын
Farming is hard work and nobody wants to do it any more. You'd never guess that the Earth is overpopulated.
@christopherhenderson4820
Жыл бұрын
So cool and beautiful, and sad. This is happening in rural Illinois USA.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is kind of sad.
@harrytpk
Жыл бұрын
Ya I live in Illinois too and I’ve been to Saskatchewan and your right the small farm towns on the plaines and prairies in North America are emptying out.
@Gfysimpletons
Жыл бұрын
@@harrytpkall per plan…..
@WildWillysProductions428
Жыл бұрын
That’s Canada not USA
@newfic2290
Жыл бұрын
@@Gfysimpletonsда😢. Это и в России происходит😢
@greathodgy22
Жыл бұрын
I don't think you could find a handful of people who are tough enough to homestead that country today. Gives me shivers to think of that area on a January day.
@pugnacious6290
11 ай бұрын
I grew up on a farm in this area, about 20 minutes from Aneroid, shown in this video. Can confirm it gets cold as hell in the winter.
@RedcoatsReturn
Жыл бұрын
Thanks myol mate….I enjoyed the tour very much 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍 So much place…so much land…wilderness…a huge blue sky….Canada is…like a giant planet on its own 😲😲😲 It makes the UK look like a miniature toy model 😄😉🇨🇦
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
THank you! Yeah you can see storms 300 kms away from here.
@billfarley9167
Жыл бұрын
Dude, it is a miniature toy model that punched way over its weight and spent a few hundred years trashing inhabitants all over the world. Right here in Canada we have the experience of the Acadians. Look it up. Your countrymen.
@merccrewlcab2385
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for the tour! I am from the Cowichan Valley, born and raised. I really got to get out there and cruise around and look for 1932 Ford car body parts and pieces. And enjoy the scenery of course! Thanks eh!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@dani40338
Жыл бұрын
Great video-- I thoroughly enjoyed it. I downloaded it to show my 92 year old neighbor (he does not have internet access), hence the download. He will enjoy this video as he once lived and farmed in Sask. many years ago as youngster. I bet he will recognize a lot of the towns in this video.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I hope he enjoys it!
@richardbanks6025
Жыл бұрын
One day these communities will be reborn, people will become tired of big cities and want to return to a quieter more civilized life
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@barrysims9906
Жыл бұрын
this was an impressive view into a part of Canada I have never been but always wanted to go. Thank you.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I hope you get to visit!
@SpencerStreichert
Жыл бұрын
This was wild to watch. I grew up on a ranch near Ravenscraig, went to school in Eastend, played football in Shaunavon, won the rodeos in McCord, Wood Mountain, and Val Marie, played hockey and volley ball in counsol, its weird seeing how much has changed in 12 years. Wood Mountain used to have an awesome bar that played live music and let me drink at 14 (lol its Saskatchewan). Ravenscraig was owned entirely by one family minus a couple plots of land. Dollard population has been the same. Great video 👍🏼
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes it has changed a lot since I moved to Shaunavon in 2006
@robert-qc1zi
Жыл бұрын
love it BUT HAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what is up with you yanks). putting cheesy back ground music ?????????
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
My audio was filled with wind blowing, so I had to remove it. I like the music, I think it is nice.
@johnsmith7676
Жыл бұрын
@@attrell I'd MUCH rather hear the wind blow, thank you.
@leonardhaggstrom9737
2 ай бұрын
Like the CPR, the Grand Trunk place names (all of them) come from measurements. They were using the Haversine Formula.
@brianhdueck3372
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ride! Loved the tour. Makes one appreciate the ones who came and paved the way before us.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fabrikk60
Ай бұрын
When I see a bright early springtime view of rural Saskatchewan, with just a bit of snow still on the ground, I'm reminded of that wonderful fresh smell of rich fertile soil, just after it has thawed for the first time of the year. There's nothing like it. I just don't get that in Vancouver.
@kh7794
3 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure my mom went to that convent in Val Marie. She went to a couple of them very unwillingly. Since I exist you can tell they weren't successful I turning her into a nun, nor any of her sisters or brothers but they did all come out as damaged as the kids from residential schools. They weren't treated any better even though their parents put them in being 'good catholics'. Just screwed them up for life. I know generational trauma intimately.
@davidrussell8795
Жыл бұрын
That abandoned baseball diamond epitomizes the lost game of baseball( almost) to the laptops! Children need to get outside more,but playing video games has taken over...perhaps! Ps, stop calling them " kids" a kid is a baby goat,and God refers to satans ppl as goats! So are u a goat or a lamb?A child of God?😊
@Claasvox53
Жыл бұрын
Also beautiful. Now i see how BIG Amerika is, for a European, and for someone who living in the almost smallest country in Europe..😎
@davidrussell8795
Жыл бұрын
Well u and i are old baby boomers,and the youngsters moved away to big city life and jobs! Read" Abandoned Saskatchewan " its an eye opener!😮😮😮😢
@rhondahoughton790Canada
2 ай бұрын
My first summer camp “boyfriend” was from Robsart, that was back in 1988.
@normpowell3566
Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when small farms are bought up by larger farms. People moved away.
@davidhammond8239
Жыл бұрын
No comments on Climax? Family homestead is 5 miles north and still in the family and occupied.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Far from a ghost town. I like that place, glad it has survived!
@e-curb
Жыл бұрын
Same here. My grandparents lived and got married there in the 30s.
@I_LOVE_THE_SUNCOAST
9 ай бұрын
Greetings from USA, I am liking these videos.
@attrell
9 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@leadinged
Жыл бұрын
Very good. it would have been nice to focus on the signs a bit more. school, church, building names, monuments etc. especially with the dates.
@helenforrestal580
Жыл бұрын
Farmers stopped living on their land years ago, moved to the city and farm the land from there. Kids finish school and move to city for good paying jobs. Old folks retire to city or where they have relatives to live out their time with. The old town dies.
@rustyscrapper
Жыл бұрын
People that sit on dilapidated property are idiots. Just sell it and let someone else save the building instead of sitting on it and letting it cave in. People don't want to sell stuff like this because it's only worth $5000 and realtors won't help you unless you pay them a better commission then 6% of 5000. So sometimes it costs people money to unload something like this. Just sign over your title to someone. I might be on the lookout for something lime these in a mostly abandoned town. Like a hotel for $100k or something. People will rent ANYTHING if it's cheap enough and being maintained.
@doogalloonni
Ай бұрын
Some of the most desolate, almost lonely places I can imagine. Beautiful relics.
@YahshuaLovesMe
Жыл бұрын
car would probably start right up, ... get better shots of old cars!!!
@IceMan-xy1yt
Жыл бұрын
That's not just sw, farmers all over sask are being forced to abandoned their homesteads and move to the city for better jobs, truly sad
@garymacdonald2549
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Great video! These little towns slowly die and just fade away. My dad grew up in Weldon, Sask. It was created just after the turn of the century and in its heyday had numerous restaurants, two pool halls, multiple stores, several implement dealers, two schools, and five grain elevators. My uncle ran one of two service stations. All that's left now is some residences, a post office and two decaying elevators.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Kind of sad how some towns just faded away like that.
@elizabethG633
Жыл бұрын
You should do a video on the communities between Kindersley and Unity and don't forget Tramping Lake. That is where my mom and step dad are from,
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Great idea! Next time I am out there.
@jacksheet2395
Жыл бұрын
Even though it's barren land,,great spaces attract me,,,great to construct an Oasis for loners lol
@g.jamesreed8125
10 ай бұрын
My dad was a teacher in Dollard in the '30s ,very solid school, next to the classic church
@juanitahardy8583
Жыл бұрын
Great video ......not a placeI would have thought of visiting but reconsidering
@connieschwalm5154
Жыл бұрын
Hi Chris Nice video. I’ve seen several of Everett Baker’s excellent color photos and many of them were taken in some of the towns you visited. There are videos that show his work on KZitem if anyone wants to check them out. Take care!
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
His work is amazing! He last lived in Shaunavon at the Grand Hotel!
@brucesmith9144
Жыл бұрын
Great scenery. Really enjoyed the grain elevator during the thunderstorm. That is something worth spending time doing.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
It's a really nice area!
@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983
Жыл бұрын
Roy still hadn't got my Mercedes fixed after 38 years. 🤣🤣🤣
@oBseSsIoNPC
Жыл бұрын
Although I appreciate the video and that you took time to record and upload it, but your content is very lazy. You could take time to just google a few interesting facts and really spruce up the content...like why do you think something is cool or amazing?! You say it, but it means nothing. Or like "Wood Mountain" (how they came up with the name, when there is no mountain) of wiki: "Its name is derived from the Red River Métis words "montagne de bois", due to the abundance of poplar trees in the otherwise barren region." Took 20 seconds to research... You could do SO MUCH better. And please, shot a video where you actually show that you stop at a stop sign, it always looks like you are going right through, lol.
@scottfilbey7882
8 ай бұрын
Make your own video instead of criticizing the guy... or dont watch.
@oBseSsIoNPC
8 ай бұрын
@@scottfilbey7882 I am allowed to give constructive feedback aren't I? The creator does not need you to stand up for him. If you can't take criticism, don't go to the comments and don't meet people.
@hardcoregames9029
Жыл бұрын
50 years ago there was more signs of life, moistly old men drinking coffee
@helenforrestal580
Жыл бұрын
How about a trip down hwy 16 east of Saskatoon? A lot of these little towns are on the way out.
@kanegorgeous3046
Жыл бұрын
They should let the homeless stay there in the abandoned bldg, this way they are off the street.
@hillbillydeluxe27
Жыл бұрын
My mother was born in Goodwater Saskatchewan. She said the big town was Val Marie.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Too funny!
@Ryger2117
Жыл бұрын
Man all that empty nothing in every direction looks depressing
@mrodontoid
22 күн бұрын
Excellent photography and editing. Would like it better without the music.
@attrell
20 күн бұрын
Noted. After this video, I stopped adding music.
@junechrisman3407
9 ай бұрын
Great video! There is a movie on youtube called "Drylanders". It's about a family homesteading in sask in 1905 thru 1938.
@attrell
9 ай бұрын
I remember that film! THanks!
@CODERDO
6 ай бұрын
by the way i am ok with Ghost i like to have a lot friends of them ......
@michakrov3266
2 ай бұрын
As a storm chaser I’ve passed by many of these towns without knowing any history of them, or taking time to explore sadly. But I’m planning on definitely going to see some now.
@attrell
2 ай бұрын
Hope you get some great storms!
@craiggraham3245
Жыл бұрын
No you can't make a living in these towns and the NDP and the PC and the Saskatchewan party made sure of that .
@dlwdaddyo1
Жыл бұрын
What party would have made it so you could?
@dlwdaddyo1
Жыл бұрын
Which party would have changed that?
@craiggraham3245
Жыл бұрын
@@dlwdaddyo1 Thank you for your reply ! Take a hardware store in Kendal Saskatchewan it was cheaper to buy it in Weyburn then were you lived . Then they closed the grain elevators . Then people stop coming to town . I don't think any party would .
@marianne52
Жыл бұрын
My first home was Wood Mountain (mid-50's). It was a thriving little community back then. We visited 4 yrs ago. My father was the RCMP officer at that time and his detachment office as well as our home were still there across from the school.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
That is one of my fav towns!
@Cezinha963
7 ай бұрын
top demais esse canal..cheguei a pouco tempo e sempre posso assisto alguns videos...
@panchopuskas1
Жыл бұрын
The death of rural life. And it's not only in North America.....there are large parts of Europe going the same way, especially here in Spain. Abandoned villages and towns are everywhere as young people move to the cities......"sad" doesn't even begin to describe it. Great video, BTW, and nice camera work.....
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@gordonborsboom7460
Жыл бұрын
Saskatchewan has an area of 694,000sq.km and 1.2 million people in 2023 Spain has 506,000 sq.km and 48 million people. Very much more isolated regions in Saskatchewan. Typical of Canadian distances.
@anthonykennedy5324
Жыл бұрын
This is typical of the world's urbanisation. Virtually every country has many towns with declining populations as people move to the cities where the jobs are. What I like was there seemed to be little evidence of vandalism, arson or graffiti. Just natural deterioration and entropy. Now if we could have more videos on where people actually live.Ian Nairn from England was a pioneer of the critical approach. Thanks Chris for this documentation.
@stuart6478
Жыл бұрын
do people move for jobs? or because they are bored or gay or addicts? cuz you can work virtually anywhere
@RakedLeaf
Жыл бұрын
All wrong it was federal reasons they destroyed the local jobs to push money to the hub cities its part of the plan
@bruced1429
7 ай бұрын
I have been to most of the towns you have showed on this very great video. Some how I missed Robsart and Scotdale and Limeric. I enjoyed just travelling along exploring. Since our daughter moved to Moosjaw last year we made a few more trips south to the Big Muddy and Castle Butte. Our two favourite places on the video which we have been to are Caddilac and Eastend. Eastend has a great dinosaur museum , you did not mention that, and Caddilac has all the streets named after old cars, and a wonderful still in use school. Hope you have some new videos coming out.
@attrell
7 ай бұрын
THank you! I hope the train service in Eastend is able to get up and running this year!
@MaxP374
Жыл бұрын
Wow i would love to photohraph here.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Hope you get a chance to one day!
@jimmiematho8082
Жыл бұрын
ask yourself why are these town empty? did we stop farming there? it's not like some factory closed......yet we are told we are overpopulated, lol....yeah right.
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Not over populated here
@omeralshreef6264
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for you makes amazing video، how I an Imagines that people lived here for 100 years. If you can make like this in Manitoba please do this
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
I will be back often thank you!
@waynek921
Жыл бұрын
That was cool to see and you got it right on. Never been there but with your channel I did. Thanks
@attrell
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@markmoore2625
Жыл бұрын
Wow!!! So many photogenic places to visit, I would need another suitcase full of colour slide and black and white film to capture all these cool towns. Greetings from the U.K.
@josephmeier5440
Жыл бұрын
These ghost towns are amazing places of lost culture and history? With all the immigrants living on the streets because of Justin Trudeau's immagration policies this land would be great to start some industry and growing crops to feed the world! Other resources for water and power and sanitation would be required to foster bringing life back to this area! The railroad could be brought back and with implementation of Solar Power and nucular energy it wouldn't look so desolate! Right now you couldn't even drive an EV for lack of charging stations pn this vast wilderness of the prairie's. Cattle and horses and lots of poultry farms could be in this area and alot pf green houses for vegitables and flowers! Plenty of land for factories making all kinds of unique vehicles aircraft. The idea's just to repopulate the area and grow the crops needed would go a long way to reducing inflation and grow the food basket of the world! Additional we could grow the trees and make the carbon sinks to reduce emissions and stop global warming! It would take alot of investment and development with the added testing of the soil to make sure the land is used to its fullist potential!
@dlwdaddyo1
Жыл бұрын
It is a dry area. Very little rainfall
@Matoro2002
11 ай бұрын
it's crazy to know that dollard is a ghost town since I grew up watching Corner Gas, and the characters last names are various communities in saskatchewan (dollard, melfort, etc.)
@attrell
11 ай бұрын
I forgot about that!
@markanthony3275
9 ай бұрын
I've always said that Saskatchewan could do a booming tourist trade if they developed one day hikes along historic trails, overnight hikes and a four day hike where you start out on foot, switch to horseback, make it to a river, and canoe up one of the Saskatchewan rivers. Give people a camping, historic pioneer and trapper experience of the length of their choice.
@attrell
9 ай бұрын
I agree
@minkorrh
10 ай бұрын
I would live somewhere like Consul in a heartbeat. Nice people that know how to mind their own business. I live an hour from Toronto and it's waaaayyyy too close to nauseating people for my liking. I grew up in a town of 250 people with no roads in or out. Cities are nothing but dumping grounds for those that have no idea of what a good life is.
@attrell
10 ай бұрын
You can buy an 8 room apartment building in Eastend for under half a million dollars
@allanwheale5392
Жыл бұрын
Really cool video, I have visited some of these places....anybody know what the guitar rift is, right near the end? I've heard it years ago but can't place it.
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