Renown Saskatchewan " Gone Are The Glory Day's" Photo Gallery by Mike Stobbs at pbase.com

Renown Saskatchewan " Gone Are The Glory Day's"

Renown is one more Ghost Town found in central Saskatchewan. Not many signs of life and no traffic at all here anymore. The weeds grow wild and the trees sway in the wind, Yes this town has been left behind..............Enjoy Mike

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George Anderson		20-Aug-2011 01:10
My father's name was Andrew Anderson. He had homesteaded in the area known as the Davidson hills fter WW1 but we lived 3 miles SW of Renown when I went to school at Renown,starting in 1937. We left the area in 1947. All my schooling was at the old brick school where I knew the Munro family, Herb Reid's family Etc. The last time I passed though the town site, there was little to recognize. The Grey farm remains and Molly Deering is in the Watrous Sr. home

Guest		13-Feb-2009 07:19
My dad worked in the old Co-op store in the 1950's (grey building with green trim.) He's buried not far from there. The old store had been closed for as long as I can remember, and I'd often wondered what it looked like inside. Seeing these photos made me realise I must have been in there when I was very little, because I recognise the old cabinet stereo, the chairs, and the view from that window--I always thought it was just something from a half-remembered dream. I do remember being in the community hall, though. Kind of a shock to see the roof caved in like that. I remember Dad driving us out there one night for some kind of event...it must have been in the fall...I remember it was cold and very dark, and the railway crossing signs (long gone) stood stark white in the headlights; and when we got to the hall, it was warm and bright and crowded and everyone was singing. I wanted to sing "I've Been Working on the Railroad"; everyone laughed, and then we sang it. It wasn't that long ago--a lot of those people are still around. It was a real place, filled with life, love, and laughter, not just rusty old junk.

Yvan P.Charbonneau (Ghosttowner)		30-Oct-2006 14:56
Nice pictures Mike! Once again you captured the essance of a dead Saskatchewan village.

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