Crossing the Eleven Bridges to the Alberta Ghost Town of Wayne (Episode 174)

We are back on the road and visiting the Alberta Badlands, with a specific focus on the ghost town of Wayne. Home of the Last Chance Saloon and historic Rosedeer Hotel, we travel Alberta Highway 10X and cross 11 bridges to reach the location of the former coal mining boom town.
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[@DanOCan]

KZbin has been doing a great job of surfacing this video to a whole new audience. For those of you who are new here, welcome! Please check out our visit to the abandoned Wayne cemetery too. Abandoned Cemetery at Wayne, Alberta kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqLIaZeIfa5naZo

[@adamradke5036]

Thank you for doing this video you gave me the opportunity to go back to my childhood home, the memories that came back as going through was something I never would ever ever had the chance, it was my home and the home of the balls family that got destroyed in the fire along with the 2 grain elevators, the blue house on the fire site was built by me my dad and his wife and my uncle the original house is in the picture in the paper that is posted on the video, again thanks for the flash back, it has brought tears to my eyes,,, the good kind

[@DanOCan]

Wow, that's amazing! I'm so happy you found the video and had such a connection to it. It is stories like this that keep us motivated to keep making content. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. :)

[@patpringle5218]

Hey Dan, Pat here from the Toronto area. You nailed another one, lots of fun facts and pics with both phone and drone. I'm glad you fixed your drone, 'cause that birds eye view from 200' makes it even more enjoyable. And flyin' under those bridges.......wowwww, now yer livin' on the wild side!!! Stay safe. the way I see it-- Pat

[@coolcicada]

Very cool and interesting. Loved the drone o can footage. Thanks for sharing.

[@MountainLakePhotographyAB]

Excellent video Dan! We really enjoyed seeing the areas that we can’t normally visit!

[@DanOCan]

Thanks. I'll have to spend some more time with Google Maps and find other places where I can access the valley so I can fly different parts of that railbed.

[@MrBugPop]

Great views of the badlands and the bridges to Wayne!

[@manjalavergne5850]

We really enjoy your videos!

[@HippyMetalhead]

This place is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@DanOCan]

Wayne is a great place, with so much history and such a scenic location too. I'm sure we could spend many days out there just exploring the hills and the Red Deer River valley and never come close to uncovering it all.

[@giggles8458]

Just discovered your channel, you do a very good presentation, thanks.

[@booth9553]

Very nice footage. Thanks for doing this.

[@DanOCan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@flyingmindscentre]

if you continue on railbed to Rosebud there more bridges. Definitely "Bridge country". From Rosebud to Beynon we counted 13 bridges.

[@erikas98]

It's nice to see you back again!

[@DanOCan]

I just wanted to say a "thanks" to everyone who has taken the time to comment on this video. It seems to be generating some great engagement. Thanks for the support and for pushing us over the 400 subscriber mark. Onwards and upwards!

[@MarthallersMisadventures]

I have cousins that grew up in Wayne and we would visit them often. It was always such a uniquely beautiful place

[@DanOCan]

It certainly is! We love that area.

[@sheripacori2097]

Wow. Very well done. I had to watch twice. Looking forward to going back there to tour around and check things out. Thanks for all the info and details.

[@gdcakaban]

When I used to ride motorcycle a lot I loved going into every small town I could. I understand your interest. I used to look for every small brick building on main street because they last the longest and showed what commitment the original people who settled made to the town.

[@DanOCan]

For sure. So many wood buildings have been lost to fire and/or neglect so the brick buildings are often all that is left.

[@mortimerq-pencil2513]

I've done this, its a nice drive

[@DanOCan]

Yes, it certainly is. It’s a beautiful valley.

[@Oilerator_]

I still have hope that the railway through here will be brought back at some point as CN still won't sell the land. Perhaps it could be bought and made into a heritage railway or freight traffic could return either by a short line company or by CN

[@DanOCan]

It would make a great tourist line through that scenic valley. Too bad the tracks were removed because that adds such an expense along with the land purchase from.CN.

[@finneganfly]

I was disappointed when they tore out the tracks. I thought it would be a great scenic trip. I’ve always loved flying over the valley.

[@DanOCan]

There is definitely an opportunity there for someone with pockets deeper than mine.

[@patriciabruce7077]

I really Love your videos! We just moved to Strathmore Alberta from Ontario. Now you’ve given us a few tips on exploring Alberta! Thank You so Much!

[@DanOCan]

I'm glad you find them helpful. Cheers!

[@63maryellen]

love this a lot

[@DanOCan]

Thank you. We love Wayne and that entire area around Drumheller.

[@russellkroeker2822]

I've got a photo in a railway book of Wayne and the 2 elevators taken in 1978. Looked like a more lively town back then. 🎉

[@DanOCan]

No doubt.

[@donnadoering5125]

Dan this my first time just found you looking 👀 on KZbin. Love ❤️ your channel. From New Hamburg Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@DanOCan]

Thank you so much! I’d really love to do another RV trip to Ontario. It has been almost 25 years. So many great Provincial Parks along the shores of the Great Lakes.

[@DanOCan]

By the way, I asked our good friend Chris Doering if you might be a relative of his. It’s not a common name. Bigdoer.com

[@MrPixelgrower]

Checked Guinness World Records 2023 and found no mention of Wayne's Bridges in the lists. It was OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED, but the Guinness Site does not mention submissions, only record holders. I've done this trip a number of times. Great video.

[@DanOCan]

Thanks for doing that research. I suspected it was more of an "internet record" versus an actual record.

[@MrPixelgrower]

@@DanOCan No problem. Glad to help out. 😃

[@cogarduke01]

That was not the original alignment of the road at bridge 4. The old bridge had been removed, the new cement landings were set, and a new, double lane bridge built in its place. The 4th bridge you went over, was a temporary bridge. The company that did the replacement is called alberco. Great video, cheers.

[@DanOCan]

Yes, I figured that after the fact. Good catch.

[@waynek921]

That was cool to see and I'll have to go check it out. Thanks again. Wayne. K

[@DanOCan]

It is such a great area.

[@ruzicatowers8693]

nice job!!!

[@oldlostminer]

Great video. I'm planning on heading down that way in the next week or so.

[@flyingmindscentre]

You are not allowed to hike, bike etc on the railbed. Railtracks have been removed from Oyen, AB to Lyalta, AB.

[@flyingmindscentre]

Rail tracks have been removed in 2014.

[@valadair9739]

Cool, thank or the trip❤

[@DanOCan]

Thank you for watching! I should do an update video on Wayne at some point since it has been a while.

[@cclapew]

I don't know if it's still held but in the 80's there was an "ice race" on the creek/river between Rosedeer and Rosedale which was basically a demolition derby with a start and finish line.... they had only two rules, 1- no 4 wheel drives, 2- no guns... everything else was fair game...

[@DanOCan]

Wow. I don’t think they do anything like that now.

[@ljpatterson1]

We did this trip this summer,

[@DanOCan]

Pretty cool place, eh?

[@craiglowrey9550]

I too love old railroad bridges, trestles... I usually photograph them, sometimes hike across. One active rail line in Sunny Valley, Oregon, I hiked in, decided to walk across and then measured it. It was quite long, well over 100 feet and over 100 feet to the valley floor. Thankfully, the train didn't make an appearance. Keep up the good work.

[@DanOCan]

Could have been a real “Stand By Me” moment, especially since that famous bridge scene was shot in Oregon. As kids, train tracks were our favourite place to play. There is a small trestle in the Crowsnest Pass where we would cross over it and play on it for ghouls every time we were camped there. Funny how we never were worried about getting hit, likely because we were engaged with our surroundings and not walking along the tracks with ear buds shoved in our head.

[@donna1473]

Hopefully you had time to stop at the Last Chance Saloon for beer, barbequed steak, and socialization. You can pick the steak and barbeque it yourself (at least you used to be able to do this) on the pet friendly patio. It's an experience you'll not find anywhere else. Included at no extra charge are bullet holes in the saloon wall and a closed off third floor that is supposedly haunted. Fun place!

[@DanOCan]

I didn’t on this trip, but we certainly have before. It is a really great place. It was up for sale a couple years ago and we had serious thoughts about buying it, but decided we weren’t in a position to make it happen. Plus we have no experience running that type of operation.

[@donna1473]

It was a once a summer 'must visit' for my husband and I and a group of friends for years (we even stayed the weekend several times, taking over the entire 2nd floor). I tried my utmost to get to the haunted 3rd floor but the locked door was not cooperating. The owner during those years was Fred, and was a fabulous host. Yes, it was for sale, on and off, for several of the years we visited. I'm glad Fred finally found buyers...@@DanOCan

[@miltchristensen8845]

I believe that is the Rosebud River not the Rosedale Creek.

[@DanOCan]

I believe you are correct.

[@TROTakingitEasy]

Hmm... the many times we have been in Drumheller and never knew that about the 11 bridges to Wayne? will check it out next time.

[@DanOCan]

The bridges, the valley, the saloon, the history. The Wayne area offers a lot and I'm glad we could introduce you into something new.

[@georgemeek4351]

I guess I'm historical because I believe I am the last surviving individual to be born in the Wayyne hospital which does not exist now on January 25th-1939. My Dad was a coal miner in Wayne and his picture hangs in the saloon. If you haven't been to Wayne you are missing out on a fun filled place to visit, eat and be entertained.

[@DanOCan]

That is incredible and quite the claim to fame. Whereabouts in the saloon is your dad’s photo? We’ll look for it on our next visit.

[@georgemeek4351]

It's hung beside a fire extinguisher..front row 2nd on the left.....@@DanOCan

[@rickforges8918]

my dad was a coal miner here

[@DanOCan]

I love how many people have family connections to this area.

[@rbeast53]

1000subscribers,it’ll be

[@thesandsie13the2nd]

i may have asked this before but... have you ever been to East Coolie & the school museum there?

[@DanOCan]

We have been to the museum but we didn't record a video during that visit. We were actually there to watch a video instead -- the premier of "Forgotten Prairie", a film starring our friends from BigDoer.com. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZOQo2uQgbqWfbMsi=P0LBdwk-ipSK0ymH

[@fidoramavision6823]

Geocacher.. recognize the name

[@dixierosaasen4431]

Who cares about the record! Show us the bridges …nice video

[@DanOCan]

Indeed!

[@edboruk4835]

Eerethehelliswayhe

[@DanOCan]

It's in the Drumheller valley in the heart of the Alberta badlands.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Better build a new town and immigrate some Irish and ukrainian people.

[@DanOCan]

It's a beautiful valley for anyone wanting to settle there.

[@martinrobillard1]

we ? you mean you and your triple chin ?