Ghost Town Tour - Insinger, Saskatchewan

[@Itsbaberuthless_]

There was just so much left behind. I always find abandoned town/ homes so so so interesting because it’s just so raw. Thank you for sharing!! I hope to see more stuff like this in the future! ☺️

[@chrisluckhardt]

Thanks, Rachel! I’ll be featuring an abandoned home in a couple of weeks that will be my most raw video. I spent the first 22 years of my life in it.

[@bleachedin2mysoul]

Aww cute teddy 🐻!!!

[@chrisluckhardt]

Couldn’t resist giving it a pat on the head!

[@bleachedin2mysoul]

@@chrisluckhardt awww 💜❤️💛💙💚

[@kenvickery7319]

Stopped there between Christmas and New Years on the way past.

[@chrisluckhardt]

What’s it like with snow? Assuming there was some…

[@davidrussell8795]

With all thstvtraffic noise its be hard to sleep at night!

[@chrisluckhardt]

Traffic probably wasn't much of an issue back in Insinger's early days but it was non-stop during filming! It should be much quieter out there!

[@davidrussell8795]

If your a world class photographer, and renowned, what made you do Saskatchewan? From here? The improvements in farming machinery,and lack of jobs,pushed ppl to leave the country rural farm life for steady jobs and lives in the big cities! Also my generation,the 50s kids saw how hard farming was,and with large families of 10 or 12 children, they new it would be impossible to wait for dad to divude up the farm lands,which would of reduced their farming incomes! The family farm has had it's day,back when all pulled together. But chikdren grew up and move away,farms got sold to bigger operators, the end of the family farm as my dads family knew it!😢

[@chrisluckhardt]

Excellent question and commentary, thanks! I did two western road trips in 2011 and 2013 and wanted to return someday. Pandemic border closures were a convenient limitation and excuse to return to the Prairies and explore more ghost towns and other interesting places. I grew up on a family farm and the experience you describe matches my own! Our parents died when we were younger, so it unfortunately accelerated my urbanization. You might be interested in the video I filmed of our abandoned Ontario farmhouse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3yQXomVhpaMmqM

[@davidrussell8795]

I watched your video of your family farm! The past is gone,but memories live on! Take care,and God speed!

[@davidrussell8795]

Oh,btw,you said your dad had a factory job,just curious to know,Windsor autoplants? Some of my family worked in them and drove into windsor every day! When I lived in Blythewood,my neighbors drive in from as far away as Leamington, to go work in them! Windsor auto plants are almost dead,thanks to foreign imports like the kia!

[@chrisluckhardt]

@@davidrussell8795 He worked as a licensed Maintenance Millwright at Standard Products (acquired by Cooper-Standard in 1999) in Stratford, Ontario. He worked 2-week rotating shifts, often working 400 hours of overtime per year, and hated every minute of it. His preference was farming but a family farm wasn't enough to support the family and he did everything he could so my mom wouldn't have to go back to work. He drove 18 miles (30km) to the factory every day in an F150.

[@burntearth85]

That hymn book was VERY familiar (not in a good way) lol

[@chrisluckhardt]

I've seen it in many abandoned churches that I've explored. A source I found claimed the hymnal was first published in 1958 and sold 2 million copies by 1986.

[@burntearth85]

@Chris Luckhardt I believe it. I was raised in a cult in AB (Sask definitely was part of it, our "camp" was near PA), so that's where I know it from