2 From the Ghost Town of Galilee: Only 2 buildings remain from the thriving community of Galilee, Saskatchewan: a general store and one house. At it's peak in the mid 1920s, the town...

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Oct 25, 2019 17:20:44 #

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Only 2 buildings remain from the thriving community of Galilee, Saskatchewan: a general store and one house. At it's peak in the mid 1920s, the town boasted a number of stores and residences, an elevator, a school, a church, a blacksmith shop,and a post office. People began moving away in 1938, and when the school closed in 1956, the town quickly became deserted.

Both shots taken with a Canon 6D. Lens: 24-105 f/4L; both @24mm. Raw to jpeg conversion with Skylum Aurora, 2018.

The pic of the house is not very good. There was a steep ditch running in the front of the house and trees growing very close to the house with poor views, so the pic I obtained was from the only decent angle available.

Thanks for looking.

Oct 25, 2019 17:58:22 #

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Cotondog wrote:

Only 2 buildings remain from the thriving communit... (show quote)

Good texture details.

Oct 25, 2019 19:04:36 #

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

photophile wrote:

Good texture details.

Thank you, Karin.

Oct 25, 2019 19:24:15 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Oct 25, 2019 19:43:02 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

It’s hard to imagine what the area was like when the lawn was active. I think you did a good job of conveying the feeling of abandonment and deterioration.

Oct 25, 2019 19:46:52 #

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

I would stay out of there till after Halloween.

Oct 25, 2019 20:08:51 #

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks for the thumb Longshadow.

Oct 25, 2019 20:12:12 #

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Cwilson341 wrote:

It’s hard to imagine what the area was like when the lawn was active. I think you did a good job of conveying the feeling of abandonment and deterioration.

Thank you for your kind comment, Carol. I tried to find some old photos of this town in order to increase my overall perception of the town's landscape. No luck. But yes, there certainly is a lot of deterioration.

Oct 25, 2019 20:15:21 #

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Hal81 wrote:

I would stay out of there till after Halloween.

Thank you for your comment, Hal. It's funny you should mention Halloween as there are stories of ghosts that haunt the old town site. There have also been "sightings" of the dead on the road that runs by the town site. Yikes! It's a good thing I was there in the day time.