Feldman Lake School

A red-brick one-room schoolhouse near Woolchester, Alberta.

It was just a short detour off Eagle Butte Road on my way to Saint Margaret's so I thought I'd stop by to see it first hand.

Very few historical brick schools still standing in Alberta and this one is still in pretty nice condition.

Photographed on September 12, 2023.

Long Shot near Caribou

Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Cemetery...

...a beautiful place out in the middle of nowhere.

Photographed near Caribou, Minnesota on September 20, 2023.

A Blue Jay and a Tractor

A blue jay for Beatrice...

...and a tractor for Lyle.

Nice way to spend eternity.

Photographed at North Prairie Lutheran Cemetery near Leeds, North Dakota on September 16, 2023.

What a Shame

Another one gone.

I just learned that the beautiful Saint Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church at Boian, Alberta burned down this past summer.  What a shame...and what a great loss to the community.  Saint Mary's will forever be missed.

The church had been blessed in 1905 making it one hundred and eighteen years old at the time of the fire.  It was an electrical problem that caused the fire.    

There are plans to rebuild.

I was fortunate to have met Father Panciuk on a visit to the church a couple of summers ago at which time he invited me in to see the interior of this lovely country church.   The links below show Saint Mary's as it was at the time of my visit:

Saint Mary's of Boian - Part One

Saint Mary's of Boian - Part Two

Saint Mary's of Boian - Part Three

Saint Mary's in the snow was photographed on February 26, 2022.

"З Днем Святого Миколая!"

"Happy Saint Nicholas Day!" from Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Photographed near Keld, Manitoba on August 23, 2022.

Near Madison

Was on my way home after being on the road for a few days.

Fall was here but it was warm, there was no wind, the sun was painting the sky and all that was ahead of me was the open prairie...a lovely place to be.

Photographed near Madison, Saskatchewan on October 25, 2018.

Kingsley Church, Cemetery and School

An early-afternoon stop at Kingsley, Manitoba where I discovered a red brick school next door to a small country church and cemetery.

Brick schoolhouses are always a little special here in the prairie provinces...there aren't many of them.  This one was built in 1907 and operated until 1968.

And as luck would have it, the school is being renovated to its former glory.

Near the school is the unassuming Kingsley United Church which dates back to 1882.

The interior is frugal...

...but the pews are rich in colour (and history).

One must have to stoop pretty low to "remove" a bible from a church.

Just a little north of the wood-frame church is the cemetery that is bordered with a post and chain fence.

There are well over one hundred burials here.

Information courtesy of the Manitoba Historical Society and Find A Grave.

Photographed on August 17, 2022.

Boule Creek S.D. No. 3314

A handsome little schoolhouse near Cadillac, Saskatchewan.  

Kids in the area went to school here for fifty years from 1914-1963.  

An old swing set near the hedge.

The grass in the schoolyard was thick and dense.

And the flagpole still straight as an arrow.

This is the front door where the kids would enter the school every week day.  

The white acrylic sign is looking pretty washed out but the taller black metal sign is holding its own.

The road past the little school on the Saskatchewan prairie...a road which goes ever on.

Photographed on June 17, 2023.

Mister Brocke

Mister Brocke died too young but his headstone is unusually handsome.  

Looks like the stone was originally part of something that was much, much older.

Photographed at North Park Pioneer Cemetery near Lea Park, Alberta on July 17, 2023.

Viking Park

Viking Park has been developed only over the past couple of years and I have to say that those manning the ship are doing a marvellous job.  Much of the planting has been done just this past year.  

(Hmmm...would you mess with this guy?!  I thought not.)

Stop by for a visit next time you're in Gimli, Manitoba.

Photographed on September 21, 2023.