The Ghost Town of Loverna, Saskatchewan
Close to the Alberta border is a lovely little (almost) ghost town named Loverna. In fact, I think its one of the most interesting lost towns on the Canadian prairies and one I hope to visit again sometime soon. Loverna is located about 50 km northwest of Kindersley at the intersection of Highway 772 and Range road 290. In Loverna, you will find old abandoned storefronts, abandoned churches and abandoned homes. In fact, it has a church that was abandoned as a church and converted to a home and then abandoned as a home - an abandoned church house! Loverna's history is directly tied to the railway system that was designed to gather and move grain and oilseeds produced by farmers on the prairies. Originally, the Grand Trunk Pacific went through town as it was completed in 1913 and connected Biggar, SK to Hemaruka, AB. The line was planned as a thorough route, but changes to the design of the network of tra...