plotting historic homestead locations and related locations on vintage Alberta land use mapping to confirm locations of homesteads found in Provincial archives.
Portion of May 1977 Two Hills County land ownership map from the wall of Mike Shewchuk (son of Stefan and Anastasis Shewchuk). Scan, color correction, color annotations by Brian Huculak. Annotations include Huculak and Shewchuk family farms and local churches.
The skilled hands of my mother working pyrogie dough at lightening speed. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Skilled Hands of Kathleen Huculak filling pyrogies for the family. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
23 May 2013: Ispas Church, northeast of Willingdon, Alberta. Country church and cemetery for original pioneers Nykola Huculak (Ukrainian-Canadian immigration 1893). Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Ispas church, north east of Willingdon, AB. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
May 12 2018: Ispas Church northwest of Willingdon, Alberta. Country family church of the Huculak Ukrainian Canadian pioneers. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Shandro church cemetery. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
13 July 2023: Islas School, one mile west of Ispas church, NE of Willingdon, AB. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
13 July 2023: Shandro community hall, approximately 8.5 miles North of Willingdon, AB. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Shandro Community Hall interior, May 2013. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Shandro Community Hall interior, May 2013. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Borowich church and Cemetery 02 June 2013, North of Willingdon, Alberta. Family cemetery for Shewchuk (family of Mike and Christina Shewchuk). Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Canadian WInter Wheat: a staple crop for Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer farmers. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
1977: Family home of John Huculak SR and Annie [Darda] Huculak. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Classic Barn along edge of Shalka Lake, Alberta. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
A turn or bend on an Alberta rural road is rare - but the scenery is elegant in its own way. Photo Credit: Brian M HuculakLocation:53°49'27.6" N 111°57'37.799" W
The big view in north central Alberta :-D But it has its own elegant tranquility and sense of place. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Circa 1980: A vintage McCormick tractor sites by an abandoned well on a hazy Alberta morning on the Huculak family farm northeast of WIllingdon. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Bellis Alberta Train Signal from Ukrainian Hertige Park near Edmonton, AB. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Abandoned building (formerly Dora Services) at the main entry to the town of Willingdon, Alberta, Canada. Dora Services was a mechanics shop/garage back in the day, but it has been a few different things through the decades. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox church of Boian, east of Willingdon, Alberta, Canada. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
I liked the perspective and recomposition of this scene to only include the grain elevator and rail car - with the low angle of the tracks as a leading line. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Rail Station and Granary relocated from Bellis Alberta. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
A typical grainery and rail car system seen throughout rural Canada, and the United States. This particular one is located just outside Edomonton, Alberta. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Darda farm near Wilingdon, AB with Shalka Lake in the foreground. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Storm clouds: geese fly in the distant sky over Borowich Church Cemetery near Willingdon, Alberta, Canada. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Cattails in the Spring? A typical rural Alberta scene along the country roads. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Working the land - vintage style! From Ukrainian Hertiage Park near Edmonton, AB. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Common small town mechanical garage, Lamont, Alberta. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
A typical rural mechanics garage scene, this particular one is in Lamont, Alberta. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Shandro church cemetery. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Shandro church cemetery. Photo credit: Brian M Huculak
Traditional sod hut lived in by early Ukrainian Canadian Pioneers. Ukrainian Heritage Museum near Edmonton, AB. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Traditional sod hut interior lived in by early Ukrainian Canadian Pioneers. Ukrainian Heritage Museum near Edmonton, AB. Photo Credit: Brian M Huculak
Jan 1956: Alberta Provincial Legislature, Edmonton, Alberta. Photo Credit: unknown. Original image provided by Kathleen Huculak. Image restoration by Brian M Huculak
Traditional Ukranian crossstitch patterns Bucovina region of Ukrains (Shewchuk and Huculak legacy regions)
Traditional Ukranian crossstitch patterns for county and provinces in Borivtsie (Shewchuk and Huculak legacy regions)
What might an emblem or coat of arms be for a Ukrainian Canadian Alberta Farmer? Messing around with some interesting graphic design concepts around "Ukrainian Canadian and wheat fields" while I was doing some Artificial Intelligence software testing in Adobe Express ~ Brian Huculak Aug 2023
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