A Town Named After a Poem: Driving Through Innisfree
There’s a moment on Highway 16 where Innisfree almost slips past you. One minute you’re moving through open farmland east of Edmonton, the next there’s a small cluster of buildings, …
Notes From a Quiet Town Called Bruce
Bruce, Alberta, sits quietly along Highway 14, about an hour east of Edmonton, easy to miss if you’re not paying attention. There’s no big sign announcing itself, no reason to …
A Small Town with Big Sky Ideas
Botha sits just east of Stettler, a small dot along Highway 12 that’s easy to miss if you’re in a hurry. The land flattens out here in that familiar east-central …
Prairie Echoes: Remembering Rowley
If you blink on Highway 56 between Drumheller and Stettler, you might miss Rowley. It doesn’t jump out like most towns do—no gas station signs, no flashing lights—just a small …
Elevators Without Towns: A Quiet Alberta Pilgrimage
Driving east along Highway 14, somewhere between the familiar hum of grain trucks and the distant thunder of freight trains, you’ll pass two places that don’t quite qualify as towns—but …
Still Here: A Walk Through Hilliard, Alberta
If you’re driving east from Edmonton on Highway 15, you’ll pass a lot of open land before you reach Hilliard. It’s not a place that announces itself. There’s no welcome …