On the same day we visited the Forgotten Mine we also hit up a bunch of ghost towns throughout the western part of the province. We managed to find a couple very interesting towns. We came across churches, schools, elevators, stores, halls, and houses. We will have to slide out that way in the summer when we can access some of these buildings without being up to our waist in snow. Ive just thrown an assortment of photos from the various towns. Enjoy!!
It was late September in 2009 and it was a full moon. Arilem and I had planned to head out to do a couple hours of photography and didnt come up with much to see before we ran out of daylight. We found ourselves wanting to see more and with the full moon it was ideal for doing some night photography. We started to work our way east stopping at a few locations along the way, however our timing wasnt great and it was too risky to access any of the locations we stopped at.
So we continued to head further away from
Since our last visit a group from a local church nearby has been putting a lot of time and effort into cleaning up and restoring what remains of the old mission. Unfortunately all the old buildings are gone with exception to the church. Sometime in the past 7 years someone burnt down the only other remaining building which was a beautiful 3 story brick building that was last used as an infirmary / care home. However I believe the infirmary hasnt been used since the 1970s. We found that the location wasnt as creepy as it was the first time.
Im relatively new to night photography, but these appear to have turned out fairly well. This is some of my first work that involved extended exposures. One of the shots was a 5 minute exposure which gave me some photos that almost appear to be taken during the day. All these shots were taken between 10 11 PM and sunset was approximately 7:30PM that day.
Statue & Church
Statue Silhouette
5 minute exposer
Cemetery 11PM – only light source is the full moon
In
This year we decided to visit the Forgotten Mine even though we have thoroughly seen the facility on more than one occasion. We were driven to see it again after losing 2 rather decent mines in the past 2 years. Over the past 2 years The Prairie Sulphate Mine has had all of its equipment removed. Also in 2009 we lost Ormiston Mining and Smelting (See Ormiston on SaskUrbEx) . We were happy to find that not much had changed out there since our last visit. Only time and the elements have taken its toll on this place. Enjoy the photos.
