Halkirk
In Halkirk, Alberta, Canada, not far from Big Knife Provincial Park, you’ll find the Halkirk Snack Shack. Halkirk is like many towns in this part of Alberta, tiny with a population of just one hundred and seventeen. So when the town’s old grocery store (circa 1907) reopened in 2006 as the Snack Shack, I’m betting [...]
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BIG sky dominating the landscape. You can’t help but aim your camera skyward to capture the cloud formations. Land fertile and green from irrigation or rain abruptly changing to desert and sagebush as we descend into one of the river valleys. Abandoned grey-timbered homesteads dating back to the dirty 30s. Bright yellow canola fields contrasted [...]
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