This photo gallery offers a visual homage to the wooden grain elevators of the Canadian Prairies—once vital landmarks across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. These towering structures, often called the “cathedrals of the plains,” are rapidly vanishing from the landscape.
Through a curated selection, the gallery presents elevators in various states—preserved, repurposed, or abandoned—highlighting their architectural features, textures, and setting within the prairie horizon.
More than a nostalgic glance, these photographs aim to document the fading presence of a rural built heritage that once shaped both the economy and identity of the region.
Each image is accompanied by basic location details and the date of capture, offering viewers a quiet yet pointed reflection on what remains—and what is quietly disappearing.
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