Prairie Dream Canvas Print

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An abandoned farmhouse on the east-central Alberta prairies. This one is probably what is called a CPR house. When the western Canadian prairies were being opened up for settlement the Canadian government alloted a certain amount of land to schools, the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR would then build these houses on their land for the settlers who rented the land from the CPR. They also dug a well and fenced the land, usually a quarter section, with square cedar fence posts which were imported form BC. Many of these these cedar posts have lasted well over a century and the odd one is still in use. The farmers would also often break these posts up into smaller posts to save costs of fencing. Undoubtedy one or more prairie families lived here and it was their dream of farming and eventually owning land of their own.

A self taught Albertan photographer, I enjoy the outdoors and photographing Alberta's natural landscapes. Alberta has much to offer for the artist - mountains, boreal forest, lakes and rivers, aspen parkland and prairie, and I love to try and capture the essence of these in my photographs. Please note that the FAA watermark will not appear on the shipped products.