Removal, Relocation and Reclamation

Over the past few months work has progressed moving the North Ruckle area inexorably back to something approaching nature. Dike work has been progressing on both the dike protecting downtown and the one being built through and across North Ruckle. I took my drone up and did some recording so you can see the progress… Continue reading Removal, Relocation and Reclamation

The Mill

Soon the only things left standing in North Ruckle will be Industrial operations. One of those is the lumber mill. Currently it’s an InterFor mill but in the past it had different owners. It has changed purpose and ownership in the past century . . .

A Plea To Google

Back in November of 2021 I got this idea in my head: that the number of places that would end up sacrificed to Managed Retreat in the future would grow. That only the cities and towns with wealthy patrons would be in any position to preserve the local history and representations of the places being… Continue reading A Plea To Google

Managed Retreat

During the week of image capture in November 2021 I started hearing a term I hadn’t encountered before: Managed Retreat Managed retreat involves the purposeful, coordinated movement of people and buildings away from risks. This may involve the movement of a person, infrastructure (e.g., building or road), or community. It can occur in response to… Continue reading Managed Retreat

Conceptual Examples

In 2021 I had two rounds of image capture: May/June and November. These resulted in two separate development paths. It’s still early days – these are just examples to show proof-of-concept. At some point I’ll tie them together so clicking on a house in ‘StreetNav’ will bring up the same multi-angle presentation in ‘houses’ .… Continue reading Conceptual Examples

This Project Appears In the Media

Earlier this month (Feb/2022) I got noticed by the media. Actually it was long time Gazette staffer, and local history buff, Della Mallette who brought this to their attention – Thank You Della. First it was the local newspaper, The Grand Forks Gazette. https://www.grandforksgazette.ca/community/grand-forks-man-building-archive-of-neighbourhood-lost-to-flood/ Thanks Laurie Tritschler.And Della Mallette. Then it was MyGrandForksNow https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/21280/grand-forks-videographer-makes-digital-record-of-north-ruckle/ Thanks… Continue reading This Project Appears In the Media

Hello world!

Welcome to my North Ruckle Project. I hope to eventually have a lot of pictures, videos and stories here to help tell the history of the community of North Ruckle . . . a community that is no more. And soon there will be no trace it ever was outside historical preservation sites like this.… Continue reading Hello world!