I have friends that go up every year and help out at Beacon, still kick myself for never going when the opportunity arose. Pastor Jim is a solid man! Great guy
Wow. This is quite something to see. My mum grew up in uranium city until her family moved south when she was young. I've heard how lively the city was back in the day when they were still living there, now it looks almost like a ghost town. Funny thing is that I'm now a bush pilot based out of fort mcmurray and get to fly to uranium city when dispatched out for a charter flight. Hopefully I get to see the town in person one of these days. The airport and runway are still in good shape.
I sure hope there wasn’t a roller coaster incident between 6 teens and one of them named penny but was addressed as Jane Doe was voted to be brought back to life
Sad to see all the houses abandoned 😔 they could really use a makeover and this would become one awesome fishing town as its location being on lake athabasca
@@a1m598 The levels of uranium are miniscule. Mercury and other toxins are a little below average for Alberta and Saskatchewan as of 2019. The Athabasca Working Group which includes representatives of seven indigenous bands in the area have found (relatively) low levels of toxicity in the air and water and lake bottom. This according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, so ...
My family has a fishing cabin near black lake sk. It’s one of my favourite places and I’ve spent some incredible summers up there. I’ve always wanted to go up and explore near uranium city and I hope to do that someday. Proud to be Born and raised in Sask.
@@thefilter6343if only the roads were better for the journey. My wife although she loves nature, wilderness and cabins can’t handle much jostling about in her current health.
I lived IN U.C. for about a month in 2002, where I attended the local school (I was in grade 8 at the time), and my father died. There was a significant gap in the winter population of about 70, mostly people with their homes there or running the few services in the area, and the summer population of about 130, which were more itinerants who came to fish in Lake Athabasca or work in the fly-in tourism industry (or worked in the bible camp operating across the lake from the airport). I still have a huge scar on my thumb from throwing a chunk of ceramic tile in CANDU High, and the culture is an interesting mix of local Dene and southerners who mostly operate the equipment or planes. Everyone knows everyone there, but there was a surprising amount of racial tension between the white Christian types and the other residents, who were mostly of Dene descent. Now whether the Dene were just too drunk for real or that was just a stereotype... I was a sheltered kid okay? I had other things on the brain. There was an older white couple that lived outside the town. Their house was actually fairly modern, but they lived almost completely off-grid and didn't really interact with others (or maybe it was just my parents) much. Still, everyone knew the Sullivans. Everyone had a quad there at the time: it was the de facto method of getting around - the only people who didn't drive a quad were children too young to walk, or people using trucks or vans to do work duty. At night, no one wanted to go out because wildlife would roam the settlement. One day, my class took a nature hike in the valley separating the town from the hospital (and B&B and the only modern houses in the town), and we saw a gray wolf. Speaking of how everyone lives, it's a very reuse-heavy culture where nothing is tossed until it's dust. The various abandoned buildings in the area are raided for building supplies, and if anything new is brought in, it's used until it breaks and then it's repurposed. One of the most curious things in the town is the old catholic church. It has a huge solid gold statue hanging from the ceiling, and plenty of artifacts made of gold can be found in the rooms below the church and nearby rectory if you brave the mildew and unlit rooms. Another curious thing is the cedar ceiling of CANDU High. It's made of solid 2x4 made from actual cedar. From what I was told, you can't get that stuff into U.C. and so raiding that is the only way to get it. However no one does because CANDU has a high ceiling and no one wanting it but lacking the money or tools or knowhow will risk upsetting the precarious building to get at it. Unlit rooms are a recurring theme, but a lot of the building was traversable back then, and you could even walk into the HVAC from the mechanical room on the roof (I really wouldn't recommend this as you could fall through)! I was unaware Jim Pfaffenroth was still alive. Interesting guy.
Thanks for posting this video. I have great memories of God's goodness and grace during summer of 1997 at Beacon Bible Camp and multiple other visits to U.C. in the early 2000s. Very unique place. The Wiebes and Pfaffenroths are a blessing!
My grandma used to live here as a kid and I showed her this video! She knows some people from that church here 5:31 like that old man and his wife, me and her are planning on going there this summer…
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I did exploration work near that way in the late 70’s… left a real impression on me. The vastness and remoteness of the country is awe inspiring.
it certainly is awe-inspiring when you fly up there.
I saw uranium city on a map of Saskatchewan, and it immediately peaked my interest
Sameeeee
omg same
The name is so interesting
I have friends that go up every year and help out at Beacon, still kick myself for never going when the opportunity arose. Pastor Jim is a solid man! Great guy
Yes for sure, it is a hard place to be in ministry, he needs all the help and prayers we can give him.
Beautiful
im from u city and i miss home
I bet it is hard to be away from home. It is such a hard place to get to!
Wow. This is quite something to see. My mum grew up in uranium city until her family moved south when she was young. I've heard how lively the city was back in the day when they were still living there, now it looks almost like a ghost town. Funny thing is that I'm now a bush pilot based out of fort mcmurray and get to fly to uranium city when dispatched out for a charter flight. Hopefully I get to see the town in person one of these days. The airport and runway are still in good shape.
Yeah, it is somewhat of a Ghost town. It is a nice area though. I hope you can make it up one day.
My mom did too ( and grandparents). She has fond memories, though they had health issues linked to the Uranium.
How is it that the steering wheel's over on that side?
What scene are you talking about? I never noticed this, maybe they have a British-made car for some reason.....
@thefilter6343 pretty sure that's what it looked like, their drive in
I sure hope there wasn’t a roller coaster incident between 6 teens and one of them named penny but was addressed as Jane Doe was voted to be brought back to life
born and raise in God's country.Always blessed to have lived there.
I didn't see anyone talking about RTC in the comments, so I'm the first to do something related:
TALIAAAAA
Sad to see all the houses abandoned 😔 they could really use a makeover and this would become one awesome fishing town as its location being on lake athabasca
all those fish are poisoned from uranium mining
@@a1m598 Thats sad. Still people fish at lake Athabaska a lot.
@@a1m598 The levels of uranium are miniscule. Mercury and other toxins are a little below average for Alberta and Saskatchewan as of 2019. The Athabasca Working Group which includes representatives of seven indigenous bands in the area have found (relatively) low levels of toxicity in the air and water and lake bottom. This according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, so ...
No way! I had no idea!
I want to paddle there from Fort Mcmurray, looks like an adventure.
Ride the Cyclone reference 🔥🔥
This is actually a beautiful place. I really like it.
Never made it past LaRonge and that was already T H E NORTH for me.
Go more north man your missing out
I agree, North is amazing, I did not expect it to be so great!
My family has a fishing cabin near black lake sk. It’s one of my favourite places and I’ve spent some incredible summers up there. I’ve always wanted to go up and explore near uranium city and I hope to do that someday. Proud to be Born and raised in Sask.
Black Lake Is a very beautiful place, and that region should be better known.
Thats nothing to be proud of.
@@a1m598 ??
@@singingsimmers1829 He's just pulling his leg. Kind of like a New Jersey joke. I think :)
Serious question; how are people surviving out there? Where do you get your food? Your clean water?
There is a store. People bring things in by boat and plane. In the winter there is an ice road over the lakes.
What about water? How do you get power, especially in the winter?
@@casanovafrankenstein8538 Don't know about water, but I think someone mentioned on reddit there are hydro plants in vicinity.
I’d love to have a summer cottage up there, something rustic and basic!
No kidding, that would be a great place to spend summers
@@thefilter6343if only the roads were better for the journey. My wife although she loves nature, wilderness and cabins can’t handle much jostling about in her current health.
I lived IN U.C. for about a month in 2002, where I attended the local school (I was in grade 8 at the time), and my father died. There was a significant gap in the winter population of about 70, mostly people with their homes there or running the few services in the area, and the summer population of about 130, which were more itinerants who came to fish in Lake Athabasca or work in the fly-in tourism industry (or worked in the bible camp operating across the lake from the airport). I still have a huge scar on my thumb from throwing a chunk of ceramic tile in CANDU High, and the culture is an interesting mix of local Dene and southerners who mostly operate the equipment or planes.
Everyone knows everyone there, but there was a surprising amount of racial tension between the white Christian types and the other residents, who were mostly of Dene descent. Now whether the Dene were just too drunk for real or that was just a stereotype... I was a sheltered kid okay? I had other things on the brain. There was an older white couple that lived outside the town. Their house was actually fairly modern, but they lived almost completely off-grid and didn't really interact with others (or maybe it was just my parents) much. Still, everyone knew the Sullivans.
Everyone had a quad there at the time: it was the de facto method of getting around - the only people who didn't drive a quad were children too young to walk, or people using trucks or vans to do work duty. At night, no one wanted to go out because wildlife would roam the settlement. One day, my class took a nature hike in the valley separating the town from the hospital (and B&B and the only modern houses in the town), and we saw a gray wolf. Speaking of how everyone lives, it's a very reuse-heavy culture where nothing is tossed until it's dust. The various abandoned buildings in the area are raided for building supplies, and if anything new is brought in, it's used until it breaks and then it's repurposed.
One of the most curious things in the town is the old catholic church. It has a huge solid gold statue hanging from the ceiling, and plenty of artifacts made of gold can be found in the rooms below the church and nearby rectory if you brave the mildew and unlit rooms.
Another curious thing is the cedar ceiling of CANDU High. It's made of solid 2x4 made from actual cedar. From what I was told, you can't get that stuff into U.C. and so raiding that is the only way to get it. However no one does because CANDU has a high ceiling and no one wanting it but lacking the money or tools or knowhow will risk upsetting the precarious building to get at it. Unlit rooms are a recurring theme, but a lot of the building was traversable back then, and you could even walk into the HVAC from the mechanical room on the roof (I really wouldn't recommend this as you could fall through)!
I was unaware Jim Pfaffenroth was still alive. Interesting guy.
Thank you for the very interesting comments about life back in 2002.
The best place to grow up.
to be honest, this place looks like it sucks
@@peters5090didn’t in the day obviously
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for posting this video. I have great memories of God's goodness and grace during summer of 1997 at Beacon Bible Camp and multiple other visits to U.C. in the early 2000s. Very unique place. The Wiebes and Pfaffenroths are a blessing!
Thank you! Praise God for his faithfulness.
My grandma used to live here as a kid and I showed her this video! She knows some people from that church here 5:31 like that old man and his wife, me and her are planning on going there this summer…
I hope you guys can make it up there and enjoy the beauty.
Lived the worked at mine for 1 1/2 years for eldorado nuclear I was 17
Wow, what memories you must have.
Lived the worked at mine for 1 1/2 years for eldorado nuclear I was 17
Wow, what memories.
Lived the worked at mine for 1 1/2 years for eldorado nuclear I was 17