Foothills County I recently went out to photograph the autumn colours, accompanied by Dave Foreman as my guide. We went to an area southwest of Calgary, ranch country just east of the foothills. We were not disappointed, the colours were very vibrant , close to their peak autumn splendour. I captured this first photograph alongside…
Category: Prairie
Alberta Prairie Scenes
Two weeks ago, I set out with Bob Bear to shoot some prairie scenes, east of Calgary. We were looking for scenes of the prairie landscape and the landmark structures that typify the plains of eastern Alberta. I begin with a couple of scenes from the flatlands. The first picture, Thunderhead forebodes a building storm….
Writing on Stone Provincial Park
Last week, I joined two members of the Canmore Camera Club for a return trip to the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southeast Alberta. I had been there two years ago and made a note to return. Writing-on-Stone is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a nature…
The Cowboy Trail and Crowsnest Pass
Yesterday, I traveled to an area of the province I don’t visit often. My destination was the Crowsnest Pass, an area in Southwest Alberta consisting of five small municipalities. It’s primary industry has always been mining, including coal mining, now very much in decline. The area is bisected by a main transportation corridor, consisting of…
Bar U Ranch
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada. At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses. Two of the owners were instrumental in the establishment of the…