Pizza and Pioneers: Uncovering the Ghost Town of Rowley’s Charm One Slice at a Time

The last Saturday night of every month (except December) is Pizza Night in the ghost town of Rowley, Alberta. Volunteers throw open the doors of Sam's Saloon and the community centre across the street and serve up hundreds of pizzas.
All the money raised from Pizza Night goes into supporting and maintaining the community. Rowley is not your typical ghost town. It's still inhabited by a handful of residents, some of the buildings are actually remnants of movies which were shot in the community, and then there are legitimate buildings from Rowley's pioneer days. It's part community, part theme park, part ghost town, and 100% fun.
In addition to the pizza festivities, we engage in a journey to Springwater School, one of the few stone schoolhouses on the Canadian prairies. We also embark on a quest to find the last resting place of Sam Leung, the legendary Sam of Sam's Saloon. It is said his spirit still haunts the building which housed his cafe and butcher shop from the 1940s through until 1968.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction to Rowley
10:02 - Pizza Night
13:02 - Springwater School
22:45 - Rumsey Cemetery
28:27 - Rowley Cemetery
30:56 - Conclusion
32:12 - Grain Elevator Drone Footage

[@tammierene6873]

Thank you so much for the shout out! Again, was so great to meet you both !!

[@frankbaker2834]

Thank you for the Shout-out!! Awesome job as usual on the video and so great to meet you both!

[@Nova.1971]

Well done Dan....thanks for sharing

[@BA-ic9uh]

Thnx again for sharing your travels. I used to buy grain for the Alberta wheat pool and it was such a nail into every town’s coffins when the elevators closed and the rail lines closed. Sad and a loss. I’m so glad to see Rowley still trying to stay alive. Great job everyone. The big blue house on the corner and the roof on the school look like great humanitarian projects. Once history is gone you’ll never get it back

[@thesandsie13the2nd]

nice to see Rowley's pizza night is getting more & more popular

[@bboogaar]

Gosh it’s been at least eight years since I’ve sat in Sam’s Saloon enjoying a pizza and a wobbly pop. I guess I should do it again sometime.

[@FotomanCalgary]

Good one, mate. Never gone for pizza night, but I've visited a few times on a weekend when it's been really quiet. Need to get back there with my latest drone on a weekend, for some neat drone footage. :) It's a shame that the school has been removed from the protected heritage list. I need to get there for drone footage while it's still standing. Shame we're not keeping that one on the protected list :(

[@InterestingFingz]

Been there! Sam's. Is there still the 'angry signs' on one of the locals houses? That say in essence piss-off! Rowley is cool.

[@johngodbout7341]

Wondering if there's a place that says that they were cremated?