pixelgrain :: mapping transition in the Canadian prairies
http://www.year01.com/pixelgrain
A web project by artists Michael Alstad + Leah Lazariuk, pixelgrain is an online repository of documents and... More > ideas linked to the fading symbol of the Canadian prairie grain elevator. By systematically documenting and mapping these disappearing structures the artists portray a parallel rural community in the midst of transition. pixelgrain also functions as a web portal that utilises Geographic Information Systems and online social networks to create a participatory collaborative document that will evolve and grow over time.
pixelgrain was presented by Year Zero One - a media art organisation that produces and curates electronic media art media art through networked exhibitionsand site-responsive public art projects.
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A 2013 photo journey calendar focusing on the beauty of Central and Southern Alberta. These shots are from Johnston's Canyon, Calgary, Banff, Canmore, Caroline, Drumheller and Nanton. The prairies... More > are scattered with historic viewpoints and these are just a few. All photos are original works by Melissa Ketler, a resident of Calgary, Alberta.< Less
Among the Canadian Alps, by Lawrence J. Burpee edited in 1914.
Lawrence J. Burpee was a Canadian librarian, historian and author. He published many books and articles mainly related to Canadian... More > history and geography and was the founding editor of the Canadian Geographical Journal.
"What is the peculiar charm of that mighty, snow-capped sea of mountains, whose stupendous waves tossed far into the heavens seem ever about to overwhelm the level wheat-fields of Western Canada? The lure of the mountains defies analysis, but it is surely there with its irresistible appeal to all in whom the spirit of romance is not quite dead. It stirs the blood strangely when, far out on the plains of Alberta, you get your first glimpse of the Canadian Alps—a line of white, glittering peaks just above the horizon, infinitely remote and ethereal, something altogether apart from the prosaic world about you of grain and cattle, neat farm-house and unsightly elevator."< Less
The fireball climbed into the night sky.
The date was August 14, 1945, the day World War Two ended.
Depot Harbour, the source of the inferno and explosion, had once been a thriving deep-water port... More > on Georgian Bay. Its massive wooden grain elevators were visible for miles. By 1945 the place was in decline, on its way to becoming a ghost town.
In a warehouse across a narrow strip of water from the elevators lay hundreds of tons of cordite, an explosive intended for the war.
How did the fire start? What secrets were incinerated in the white-hot flames?
Hal Watson, a middle-aged teacher at a decaying school on Parry Sound, knows the answers.
Flammable is a story of love and death far from the battlefields but touched at every turn by the tragedies and triumphs of two world wars.
It is the story of a woman named Dell, a sailboat named Flush and a teacher named Sherlock. It’s Hal’s story to tell.
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My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable... More > Book, it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. It was made into an anime film titled, Elmer's Adventures: My Father's Dragon. The narrative mode is unusual, in that the narrator refers to the protagonist only as "my father", giving the impression that this is a true story that happened long ago. The illustrations within the book are black and white done with a grease crayon on a grained paper, done by Ruth Chrisman Gannett. The story was cited as a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1949 and was an ALA Notable Book. It was also nominated for the Ambassador Book Award in 1948. In the story, we meet some tigers, a rhinoceros, a lion, and a gorilla all leading to the baby dragon. There is also a river, an island, and a bridge.< Less
My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable... More > Book, it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. It was made into an anime film titled, Elmer's Adventures: My Father's Dragon. The narrative mode is unusual, in that the narrator refers to the protagonist only as "my father", giving the impression that this is a true story that happened long ago. The illustrations within the book are black and white done with a grease crayon on a grained paper, done by Ruth Chrisman Gannett. The story was cited as a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1949 and was an ALA Notable Book. It was also nominated for the Ambassador Book Award in 1948. In the story, we meet some tigers, a rhinoceros, a lion, and a gorilla all leading to the baby dragon. There is also a river, an island, and a bridge.< Less
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