I've been creating zines in the Ghost Towns of Alberta series to show the historical rise and fall of once-prosperous communities throughout the province of Alberta, along with illustrations and even a map you can use to plan your own adventure to see these gems of history.

This zine focuses on communities in East-Central Alberta where the settlement of Alberta was fueled by rail expansion and a regimented set of measurements and rigidly-planned communities meant to funnel people and trade (and dollars) towards the rail lines. As part of the history, I explore and explain just how early ideas of rail expansion in order to colonize the West purposely included the cookie-cutter setup of where towns were made and what they looked like.

The first in this series of zines, Ghost Towns of Southern Alberta Along the Historic Red Coat Trail, was shortlisted for a 2023 Broken Pencil Magazine Zine Award for the category "Best Info Zine".

This is the digital version of the zine, in PDF format. This format also includes the artwork featured on the front of the envelope packaging of the physical edition of the zine.