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Abandoned houses Uranium City Saskatchewan

In more recent years Uranium City has been called an Abandoned Town. This is only partially true – there is a population of 25 people, down from the peak of 2500 people.  Since the mine closed, the townsite was centralized, moving the population into the downtown and shutting off municipal services to the outlying parts of town.  A previous post included photo of the populated part of town, this post has photos of the abandoned part. All of the structures in the abandoned parts of town have been stripped of anything of value, including furniture, doors, windows, panelling, roof and floor beams, or simply vandalized.  

Photos were taken in September 2024 with a Leica M240 camera and a Leitz 28mm lens. 

 

 

 

Uranium City – in Black & White

Uranium City. A boom and bust town in northern Saskatchewan. Uranium was mined here during the 1950’s – early 1980’s and sold to the US government, and for use in Canadian designed CANDU nuclear reactors. Since the mine closed most of what was a busy town is now abandoned, smashed or salvaged. Empty streets, abandoned vehicles, collapsed buildings these have the become the image of Uranium City. 

Note: The pictures were converted to black & white, as this suits the ghost-like and historical feel of Uranium City.