hollow hallways pt 2

There were to many pictures to share in just one blog so this is part two!

darkroom

storage in a classroom they never used - water damage on roof

gym

stage

arts & crafts

kindergarten!

indoor sandbox for the young kids

water damaged hallway

hollow hallways

As I said in the previous post, we did return to the school for a more thorough documentation during the day. We didn't leave as early as we would like but we did have enough daylight to photograph the entire school.

This school was so large and seemed to go on forever. Of course desks were still in the school, old equipment, posters and learning aids and books were all over. This school was equipped with a wood working shop, dark room, computer labs, science lab, large library and more. It was originally designed for 400 kids but at max capacity it held about an eighth of that.

This cornerstone of the community and close knit school was a huge lose to the community. It is sad to see something like this close when it was obvious it was in good condition but this is just a reality of this province and these schools.

classroom

gym

SaskUrbex photographing the changerooms

hallway

science lab

computer lab

main hallway

library

library from the other side

school sneak preview

Went out on the road the other day to photograph some churches. Of course when we go looking for churches we usually drive through towns along the way that we may have not visited previously. While photographing a small town we drove around and noticed a very large school with large weeds and overgrown sidewalks. Driving closer we discovered it was a very large modern abandoned town in what seemed to be a town of less than 50 people. It was amazing that this school was in such a small town and with no vandalism on the outside. Since the light was quickly fading, we did a quick walk through photographing quickly with a plan to return in the next couple weeks as an opportunity like this has not presented itself in a while.

cleanest hallway of an abandoned school I have seen

hill billy ghost town

I went up to my cabin and decided to do some exploring in the area. The area north of my cabin is what people like to call "hill billy country". It's full of small, mostly abandoned towns where people will live in virtually any type of housing and most run on wood stoves. This area is also full of hunters during the right season as it is quite forested. I spent a few hours driving through some of the towns and came across this one, a small quaint town full of abandoned houses and buses convereted into homes.. thats right - a bus house.

driving the rail line

Went up to my cabin, took a few hours to drive the old rail line and came across a few interesting ghost towns, abandoned churches, hall, school, etc. There was only so far we could go until we reached a place where they removed a bridge. We enjoyed the time we had searching for long abandoned locations.

 

along the way

We went out to do some photography of a ghost town we had driven past many times but never actually stopped to document. We took some time walking the quiet streets and documenting the buildings. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.