It’s time for another random pick and the devil’s been cheated yet again. We simply close our eyes and choose an image from our huge collection, any image, that’s never been published before and post it here. Be it good or bad or even embarrassing, we’ll show you. So far, it’s been nothing damning or cringe-worthy, but it’s bound to happen some time. Here it’s a look at the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway Reload in Columbia Gardens BC and with the sky all aglow due to smoke from distant forest fires.
And we just has to include a companion pic of that amazing sunset minutes later! That’s the mighty Columbia River below.
This is the end of track for the little N&FS, and just behind our shooting position, it connects with a line that takes loads south to the US just a couple clicks away. The railway comes in from the Atco Mill in Fruitvale, near Trail, and ships veneers out to plywood manufacturers across the border in addition to other wood products loaded right here for various customers down south. In total the line is only a handful of kilometres long but it’s important link none the less.
This was a through the fence shot on a fine summer evening. It was stifling hot, dead silent, and the scene pure magic.
Short Subjects: Reports that are short and sweet in nature. Think silly little snippets, vignettes and things of that sort. You’ll be in and out in no time!
A Merry Cris-Moose to you! Here's holiday scenes at the Calgary Brewery in the 1960s from the Crossley Slides. More below 👇
By this point the brewery was no longer independent, but still carried on its long standing tradition of putting on a yearly Christmas display. It was always an event but we're not sure the exact year the practice began or ended. The brewery would finally close in the 1990s & it's still standing today in Inglewood.
Shout out to: Jason Sailer. _______
Exploring history with Chris & Connie from Off the Beaten Path. Thanks, Chris.
(2016) Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church of Saint Michael NE of Edmonton. More below 👇
St Nicholas is a devout religious figure from the early days of Christianity, & to many today he's the face of everyone’s most favourite holiday ever, Christmas. Said to be a miracle worker, benevolent, a helper of the poor, advocate of the hopeless, the destitute & the damned, his life’s work was in charitable service to those in need. His penchant for the giving of secret gifts is from which the legend of the red-suited always jovial St Nick, or Santa Claus originates.
(2024) Lived in recently, but now empty & it's a scene repeated all too often in small town Sask. Captured during a shoot for the Beer Parlour Project in SW Saskatchewan last summer. https://www.BeerParlourProject.com _______
Exploring history with Chris & Connie from Off the Beaten Path. Thanks, Chris.
(2024) In between shooting episodes of the Beer Parlour Project in SW Sask last summer, we searched out stuff like this. More👇
Busy from sunrise to the wee hours, many miles driven and walked, & thoroughly exhausted but we looked forward to doing all over the again the next day.
Note the cable braces & we assume they're to help stabilize the structure. It's a grand old barn. _______
Exploring history with Chris & Connie from Off the Beaten Path. Thanks, Chris.
Finally! Here's the very first Crossley Then & Now. At 1st St SW (formerly SE & now Erlton St) & 25th Ave Calgary, 1961 & 2024. Click see more 👇
This was just blocks from Crossley's house. The old fellow on the porch may be one Mr Potter who according to the directory lived at this residence at the time. It's also noted as the Potter House on the slide. Look at that old style street sign above his head.
This house dates to at least the 1910s & gone by the 1980s.
The old truss bridge was torn down shortly after Crossley's photo & replaced by the open-deck span still use today. More Then & Nows using his slides as soon as we get the chance!
Shout out to: Jason Sailer. _______
Exploring history with Chris & Connie from Off the Beaten Path. Thanks, Chris.
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