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 …
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 …
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 …
Wabamun, Alberta
On a warm day in February, we loaded up the drone and struck out to the West of Edmonton toward Wabamun, Alberta. Wabamun is located on the North shore of …