More Scenes from the Drumheller Area
Today’s post follows on the previous one, “Drumheller Surroundings” with more scenes from that area of Alberta.
I begin with another scene from Horsethief Canyon, northwest of the Town of Drumheller. This image features another “Massive Mound”, as I call it, rising from the floor of the canyon.
This photograph was taken from one of the eleven bridges crossing the Rosebud River, en route to the ghost town of Wayne. The river meanders in a southwesterly direction crossing Highway 10X to Wayne, not surprisingly, eleven times. Each bridge offers an excellent view of the valley walls in the background and the colourful autumn colours along the river’s banks.
This is a photograph of the iconic Rosedeer Hotel, located in the largely abandoned town of Wayne. The hotel is still in business, welcoming visitors to the area. It includes a Last Chance Saloon, not a very original name. Wayne was once a thriving coal-mining town, that at its apex, had a population of 3,000. Today, just a handful of citizens call it home.
My final three photographs were taken at another, largely abandoned community, Dorothy, hosting a similarly sparse population (Latest census available, 14 people in 1991).
Dorothy is home to two former churches, a United Church that was in service between 1932 and 1961, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church that was in service between 1944 and 1967. This photograph features the latter. Although, no longer in service, both churches remain as remnants of the hamlet’s past.
I managed to come across an abandoned vehicle, a valorous, Valiant parked beside an equally ramshackle garage. I would speculate this specimen is an early 1960’s model.
This is one of my favourite photographs of the autumn colours at their peak, along the Highway 10X, near Wayne.
That wraps up today’s blog and brings to an end my short series of the landscape around Drumheller. Stay tuned for some upcoming blogs from Arizona.