Ghost Towns of the Drumheller Valley - Digital Edition

I've been creating zines in the Ghost Towns of Alberta series to show the historical rise and fall of once-prosperous communities throughout the province of Alberta, along with illustrations and even a map you can use to plan your own adventure to see these gems of history.

This zine focuses on communities in the historic Drumheller Valley, where a region now called the "Valley of the Dinosaurs" was once referred to as the "Valley of Coal". Some of the province's first coal ventures were in this valley, and the region was home to 139 coal mines over the course of the 20th century. But why did the mines close and so many of these communities end up lost to time?

The first in this series of zines, Ghost Towns of Southern Alberta Along the Historic Red Coat Trail, was shortlisted for a 2023 Broken Pencil Magazine Zine Award for the category "Best Info Zine".

This is the digital version of the zine, in PDF format. This format also includes the artwork featured on the front of the envelope packaging of the physical edition of the zine.