Saint Alban's Welcomes You

Saint Alban's Anglican Church was built 1914-1915. 

The gable roof is adorned with a small bell turret. 

Snow lays over the grave covers like a soft white blanket.

Wrought iron gates attached to stone pillars at the front of the church.

Photographed near Athabasca, Alberta on February 18, 2021.

Saint John in Sintaluta

Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan.

Above the stone entryway the bell tower and steeple are constructed of brick and tin-clad wood.

There are three pair of double-arched windows flanked by decorative flying buttresses on the sides of the building.

Each window is covered by a wooden shutter that closes by the pull of a chain from the inside of the church.

Saint John was built in 1899.

Photographed on May 18, 2021.

Long Shots (Sacred Heart near Altorado)

A couple of long shots taken from Township Road 40 in southeastern Alberta.  It was near lunchtime and Sacred Heart Church looked like the perfect spot for a picnic (and it was).

Photographed on April 20, 2017.

Abandoned Brick School

A red brick schoolhouse near Alvena, Saskatchewan.  From what little information I could find on the area, this may be either Kotzko School or Pitt School.

Photographed on January 16, 2021.

Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Athabasca

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Athabasca, Alberta.

After quite a cold spell in early February we were finally blessed with some warmer temperatures.  That meant a road trip was imminent.  And as it turned out, the weather up in Athabasca was even warmer and more pleasant than it was at home in the southeastern part of the province.  Couldn't have worked out better. 

Photographed on February 20, 2021.

Bridge near Prince Albert

A one-arch bow string bridge just outside Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Photographed on January 17, 2021.

Deer in the Dogwoods

A young doe helping me out with some gardening.  She's doing a fine job of pruning that dogwood, don't you think?

Here in Medicine Hat the deer go about their business and pay little attention to people. 

Photographed in Linda's front yard on July 21, 2020.

The Pink Church

An abandoned church near Harlem, Montana.  

Established in 1924 as Sacred Heart Catholic Church and closed in the 1960's.  The cemetery is still used to this day. 

More photos of the church including the cemetery can be seen here: 

(More of) The Pink Church

Photographed on the Fort Belknap Reservation on September 1, 2017.

Білий сарай

"White barn" with a tall rainbow roof near Warspite, Alberta.

Photographed on February 21, 2021.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery.

I love the colours of the church.  

The view from the cemetery...

...where a large silver-coloured cross stands at the entrance.

From a different angle the headstones are more prominent.

Walking back to the church along the north side.  The bell tower is large and tall for the size of the church...and the entire roof is covered in fresh snow.  

Even though it looks cold it really wasn't.  The overcast sky helped to hold in what little warmth there was so a sweater and windbreaker did the trick.

Many years ago the arched alcove higher up on the bell tower would have held the statue of a saint associated with the church.

A large sandblasted wooden sign bearing the name of the church and cemetery.  I have seen several similar signs at other churches but none have had such a compelling central image as the one you see here...definitely Eastern European in flavour.

Photographed near Spruce Valley in Athabasca County, Alberta on February 19, 2021.