For some reason B.C. has a lot of ruins across the province; I think there are a few reasons, including reliance on boom and bust resources, changing transportation and the geography of the province creating remote and difficult to reach communities. Canada’s West Coast is full of forgotten villages, towns and historic sights. Outside of… Read More 365 Canadian Sights | Day 303: Ruins Week – Butedale
Defining ruins can be difficult, especially with areas that are still in partial use for a secondary purpose. Parts of this is a museum, but a good chunk of what used to be the Chicoutimi Pulp Mill is stone remains. A massive mill, the biggest of its type in Canada for a time, the huge… Read More 365 Canadian Sights | Day 302: Ruins Week – Chicoutimi Pulp Mill
In the middle of a beautiful conservation area lies the ruins of an industrial building closed during the great depression. Built over 120 years ago, production at the Harris Woolen Mill lasted several decades, making items like blankets for the Canadian Army, but as the Great Depression hit Canada, it was one of the victims,… Read More 365 Canadian Sights | Day 206: Harris Woolen Mill
This one is another sight with a bunch of other sights tacked on. To me, the most interesting thing here is the most unusual; the abandoned hotel. Covered in graffitti, the ruins aren’t that old. The remains of the Deertrail Resort were put there in the 1980s, as the beginning of something that never formed.… Read More 365 Canadian Sights | Day 168: Sooke Pot Holes and ruins
Growing up I learned about the Haida more than most other First Nations, even though they were from Haida Gwaii, a fair ways north of the traditional Coast Salish territory I grew up in Victoria. While the historical accounts created one image, the scene that stuck with me were these mossy totems standing guard in… Read More 365 Canadian Sights | Day 4: Skedans
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