Daysland, Alberta: Built on Purpose, Still Standing
Daysland sits quietly in east-central Alberta, about an hour southeast of Edmonton, just far enough off the main highways that you don’t end up here by accident. You arrive on …
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 …
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 …
Where Time Settles: Driving Through Boyle
You don’t end up in Boyle by accident. It sits quietly in northern Alberta’s lake country, about halfway between Edmonton and Fort McMurray. There’s no skyline here, no big attractions—but …
Prairie Light and Peanut Butter Pie
If you blink, you might miss the turnoff—but if you make it, Linden has a way of slowing you down. It’s tucked into the coulees of central Alberta, about an …