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Uranium City

17 images Created 3 Sep 2011

What happens to a town that relies on one industry when that industry folds? When uranium prices skyrocketed during the Cold War, Uranium City, Saskatchewan flourished. And when the price of uranium plunged, Uranium City emptied -- save for a few families who decided to continue to call Uranium City home.

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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 09/10/08 - Homes in Uranium City Saskatchewan are reflected in the front window of what was formerly the town bar.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 12/10/08 -  Arial view of an abandoned section Uranium City Saskatchewan.  As the elements slowly and methodologically decay each home, street after street is being taken over by nature. Photo by Daniel Hayduk
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 09/10/08 - Twelve-year-old Tyler on a trampoline during lunch break between classes at school in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  School bus service was long ago discontinued in Uranium City Saskatchewan. The sixteen children who attend Ben MacIntyre School walk or bicycle to their single classroom school for their classes.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  Seven-year-old Riley concentrates on his school-work at Ben MacIntyre School in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  Trees begin to take over the front entrance of a home in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 16/10/08 - An old uranium mine adit in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 13/10/08 -  Four-year-old Xander plays with toy mining machinery as residents (l-r) 'Murph' and Andrew Schultz take a break from moving a house in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  Baptist Pastor Jim Pfaffenroth, pastor of the only church in Uranium City, Saskatchewan, searches through a leveled home for conduit to use in a  renovation project at the church.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 11/10/08 - Resident since 1986, Rod Atton in his home in rural Uranium City, Saskatchewan. At 78-years-old, the former commercial pilot has no intentions of leaving anytime soon.  "As soon as I saw this country, I knew I wanted to live here."
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 17/10/08 - A hug at the post office in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  Uranium City Saskatchewan graveyard.  Photo by Daniel Hayduk
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 11/10/08 -  Seven-year-old Riley finds out how far he can toss stones in an empty yard in 'downtown' Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 12/10/08 - The toxic and dilapidated head-frame and maintenance buildings at the Gunnar Mine along Lake Athabasca near Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 17/10/08 -  One of Uranium City's younger adults takes a beer break at the home-made skate park.  Photo by Daniel Hayduk
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 14/10/08 - Andrew Schultz gathering wood from fallen trees in the abandoned section of town.
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  • URANIUM CITY, SK - 08/10/08 -  Still parked on the driveway - but missing the engine - a dump-truck slowly decays near an abandoned home in Uranium City Saskatchewan.
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