Coleman, Alberta

Posted by Kenton (Calgary, Canada) on 10 September 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

This is "downtown" Coleman, Alberta.

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Comments (8)

Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

I am waiting for the gun fight to start!!! It does not look like it has changed for the last 100 years or so.

10 Sep 2008 7:58am

@Maxine: Yeah I was quite surprised. There are certainly newer buildings on other parts of the main street, but plenty of these to capture.

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

wow -- looks quite deserted! do you have any shots of the surrounding countryside? is it beautiful? would be very intrigued to see! might have to put it on a map of places to visit! ;) faabulous! and i agree w/ maxine -- it looks unchanged for the last century!!

10 Sep 2008 7:35pm

@dj.tigersprout: More pictures coming. It is a beautiful area for sure. It is a coal mining area and depending on where you look it may be not so beautiful. I have geotagged these pictures on my Flickr page if you want to see where it is. These town also show the coal mining heritage. If the price of coal is low they are almost deserted, but when coal is in demand they are a lot busier. This is also becoming a big tourist area as it is only 2.5 hours away from Calgary.

roentarre from Melbourne, Australia

Beutiful art here. Love the scene

10 Sep 2008 9:21pm

@roentarre: Thanks.

alex centrella from California, United States

looks like a great place to take images..great little town.

10 Sep 2008 10:25pm

@alex centrella: It is, I would like to have spent more time there. Light was fading and I was trying to get somewhere else... the photographer's conundrum ;)

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

A very quiet town, was it taken on a Sunday Kenton, I love towns like this, reminds me of home. Well captured!

11 Sep 2008 4:15am

@Kylie Greenan: Thanks Kylie. It wasn't a Sunday although it was early evening on a Tuesday and I suspect no one hangs around long. It was pretty much deserted.

denise from United States

JUst seeing this street makes me want to visit , so old fashioned. Nice shot. Looks so clean and orderly.

12 Sep 2008 10:14am

@denise: Thanks.

Sidonie from Sydney, Australia

Oh, hey, that's interesting! The law office and photo studio in the same "shop" - someone has to take the convict mug shots (my great grand father did in Tasmania back in the 1870s).

14 Sep 2008 2:02am

@Sidonie: Ha ha, that's very funny. I hadn't thought of that.