From Up High

Aerial photography of Saskatchewan is especially unique because of the intricate patterns of crops, waterways, moraines, drumlins, eskers, and glacial spillways.

The Shield, Forests, and Waterways

“The prairie landscape so often proves to be defiantly irreducible – the flat cannot be made flatter, not the infinite less mysterious. As is usually the case with all forms of art, the cause for excitement lies not in absolute success but in the dimensions of the attempt.”

~ Laurence Ricou

256. Water Runoff 257. Aerial view of Camsell Portage 258. Aerial view of Camsell Portage

 

259. Aerial view of Shoal Lake 260. Aerial view of Shoal Lake 261. Aerial view of Shoal Lake

 

262. Aerial view of Wollaston Lake 263. Aerial view of Denare Beach 264. Aerial view of Dore Lake

 

265. Aerial view of Kinoosao 266. Aerial view of Sled Lake 267. Aerial view of Green Lake

 

268. Woodcock Falls 269. Falls on Fond du Lac River 270. Boreal forest

 

271. Northern River 272. La Loche River 273. Creek near Montreal Lake

 

274. Clearwater River 275. Clearwater River 276. McFarlane River

 

277. Churchill River 278. Birch Rapids 279. Twin Falls

 

280. Nistowiak Falls near Stanley Mission 281. Peter Pond Lake near Buffalo Narrows 282. Spring Ice on Lac La Ronge

 

   
283. Sunset over Lac La Ronge    

 

Mines, Dams, and Power Stations

“O, the prairie. I cannot describe to you our first impressions. Its vastness, dreariness, loneliness is appalling...the last 15 hours travelling have been like the sea on a very smooth day, without beginning or end.”

~ Mary Georgina Hall.

284. Gunnar Mine near Uranium City 285. Rabbit Lake mine near Wollaston Lake 286. Key Lake uranium mine

 

287. Rapid River Dam near Lac La Ronge 288. Island Falls power station near Sandy Bay 289. Island Falls power station on Churchill River

 

Communities

All skylocked, this enormous flatness holds
Like a prehistoric beast a long machine
Angularly unheroic.

~ Peter Stevens, “Saskatchewan”

290. Experimental farm at Cadillac 291. Aerial view of Beauval 292. Aerial view of Beauval

 

293. Aerial view of Cumberland House 294. Aerial view of Cumberland House 295. Aerial view of LaRonge

 

296. 297. Molanossa - 1971 298. Aerial view of Pelican Narrows

 

299. Aerial view of Pelican Narrows 300. Aerial view of Uranium City 301. Aerial view of Montreal Lake

 

302. Aerial view of La Ronge 303. Aerial view of La Ronge 304. Aerial view of Missinipe on Otter Lake

 

305. Dene community of Patuanak on Churchill River 306. Metis community of Beauval on Beaver River 307. Dene community of La Loche

 

308. Cree community of Stanley Mission 309. Cree community of Stanley Mission 310. Dene Village of Dillon

 

Artistic Interpretations

Robert Hurley

   
311. Sketch titled - Air View S Sask River    

 

 


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