"Linda's Market - Smoky Lake Area" by paolo1955

Linda's Market - Smoky Lake Area

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Featured in RB Explore Photography Page June – 25 – 2013

Views 1108 at June – 25 – 2013

6 Features

Featured in The World Around Us Group June – 17 – 2012

Featured in AMERICAS-RURAL, URBAN, WILD AND FREE Group June – 16 – 2012

Featured in Great Plains of North America Group October – 24 – 2010

Featured in The World As We See It , or as we missed it Group September – 08 – 2010

Placed 5th in Weekly Theme Challenges – Barns & Country Images Challenge July – 13 – 2009

Featured in Weekly Theme Challenges Group July – 13 – 2009

Featured in Rural Around The Globe Group June 02 – 2009

Linda’s Market Gardens – Kalyna Country – Smoky Lake Area

Linda’s Market Gardens Ltd. is a family run business started by Linda 24 years ago. It all started quite innocently with two rows of cucumbers. The family business grew steadily with the help of husband Don, daughter Jessica and son Dustin.
Linda’s grew along with their customers, and started adding more vegetables as requested. They now have a yearly production of vegetables on 20 acres. In the spring Linda’s features a bedding plant operation with 10,000 square feet of greenhouse space dedicated to annuals, perennials, shrubs, fruit trees, plus a gift store, all run from their home location 3 ½ miles south of Smoky Lake. The greenhouse at the home location is open the month of May, and then relocated to their highway location, which is conveniently located on Highway #28 at the West Entrance to Smoky Lake.In the fall their huge pumpkin patch provides the perfect pumpkin to take home and create that perfect jack o’ lantern…plus gourds of all shapes and sizes. For the creative person in your family, don’t miss the selection of birdhouse gourds.

Smoky Lake

Archaeological remains suggest that this area was lived in by the native people of Canada as early as 10,000 years ago. Little is known about times so long ago, but a lot of records have been kept of the more recent activities.
n 1862 a Methodist mission was started on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River and a small settlement began to form around it. The Hudson’s Bay Company built a fur trade post there, and the settlement continued to grow.
In 1918 the railway bypassed Victoria Settlement and came through Smoky Lake, a town just north of the Settlement. Over the next few years the settlement disappeared and people moved north to be part of Smoky Lake.
Today, Smoky Lake is still a beautiful place to visit and much of its history has been preserved. The land around it is scattered with picturesque old farm-houses, some dating back to the turn of the century. The CN station has been transformed into an art gallery and tourist information booth, and an old school has become the Smoky Lake Museum.

Kalyna Country

Encompassing the North Saskatchewan River Watershed in Northeast Central Alberta, the 20,000 square kilometre Kalyna Country Ecomuseum is a unique Natural & Heritage district. Extending east of Edmonton towards Lloydminster on the Saskatchewan border, it is a special parkland & prairie region with scenic, cultural, recreational and natural attractions. It is where the Aspen Parkland meets the Boreal Forest, amidst thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land, all within one of the most historic regions in Alberta!
Living history, unique architecture, multi-cutural, eco & outdoor adventures and the energy of our friendly residents, all combine to make Kalyna Country an authentic one-of-a-kind experience for visitors of all ages.

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Artwork Comments

Ann Warrenton almost 9 years ago

Cute idea someone had. Nice capture
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

Hi Ann,I appreciate your comment and for you taking the time to stop by.
EarthGipsy almost 9 years ago

lol!! Love it x0x Amazing history :)
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

Hi Gipsy.lol……funny place and story……..Thanks for popping by ,and leaving your comments, much appreciated.
PhotoAvenue almost 9 years ago

Great capture .Love the processing .
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

Hi Linda.Thanks for visiting and adding your kind comment :)
sendao almost 9 years ago

this is so pretty! great beautiful capture!
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

I appreciate your comment and for you taking the time to stop by
BigD almost 9 years ago
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

THANK YOU , I’M SO VERY PLEASED ABOUT YOUR APPRECIATION.
Daidalos almost 9 years ago

Beautiful!
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

Thanks for popping by ,and leaving your comments, much appreciated.
Leslie van de Ligt almost 9 years ago
paolo1955 almost 9 years ago

Hi Leslie,THANK YOU , I’M SO VERY PLEASED ABOUT YOUR APPRECIATION.
Barb Miller almost 8 years ago

Your Hosts: Scott and Barb
paolo1955 almost 8 years ago

Thanks ever so much Scott and Barb, always great to hear from you.
Barb Miller almost 8 years ago

Linda has a beautiful sense of humor. I’d love to shop at her market. I’ll bet it’s full of treasures. What a neat capture. Barb
paolo1955 almost 8 years ago

Hi Barbara how nice to hear from you, thank you so very much for the nice comment :-)…..till now just 2 features
Julie Everhart almost 8 years ago

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paolo1955 almost 8 years ago

Thanks ever so much Julie, always great to hear from you.