Margarit and I headed down to Big Valley on Saturday July 22nd. I had arranged to re-shoot my portrait of the Outlaws that I messed up when we were down a month prior for the Beer Parlor Project. On this day there was a big street party going on in Big Valley. The steam train was rolling in, and the outlaws were holding it up, but there was also a classic car show, a free BBQ and a street dance with some bands playing.
We met up with Chris and Connie and then connected with the Outlaws. After I shot some portraits of them with the view camera we hung around town for a while and checked out the street party. Later in the evening we headed down to East Coulee and settled in for the night at the shop.
On Sunday we packed up and hit the road for home. Chris and Connie eventually made their way back to Calgary. Margarit and I took the scenic route back home to Edmonton. We circled around to the Sheerness mine. The coal mine has been shut down, and the power plant converted to natural gas. Some months ago the drag line was blown up and is being stripped down for scrap.
Here is a Youtube video of the boom coming down....
By the time of our visit there is not much left of the old dragline. It looks like final salvage is taking place on what's left of the machine.
Sadly there is also not much left in the old Sheerness townsite either. There never was a lot....
The school and old store and one residence are still standing. The large house that once belonged to the mine manager has been demolished.
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