Sunday, March 06, 2005
The Beginning and End of an Era
Uranium City in the early days. The building in the foreground is a school. The downdown area is in the center of the picture. Uranium was discovered in northern Saskatchewan in 1951 and this town soon grew from nothing to service several different mines in the area in the 50's and early 60's. After that only Eldorado (a government owned company) continued to operate. The church I pastored was started in about 1953 by Ray Bradford, a missionary to the Indians in their small nearby village (most of them moved to Uranium City). Over the years many people found Jesus Christ in Uranium City. They'd go up there to run away from God, not knowing He than had them cornered in this isolated community! 
# posted by Mister Ed T @ 2:53 AM 
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Wish we could have visited with you guys there! Glad we got to visit at Whitehorse, Yukon!
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: 3/06/2005 12:19 PM
: 3/06/2005 12:19 PM
Your visit to Whitehorse was a blessed busrt of sunlight in what was undoubtedly the most trying time we had to face. We were dealing with a whole church that was grieving the loss of a murdered 7 year old boy.
On the lighter side, Jeannie, do you remember that you finally got to go down a back road when we went out to Marsh Lake Bible Camp?
On the lighter side, Jeannie, do you remember that you finally got to go down a back road when we went out to Marsh Lake Bible Camp?
It doesn't work to run from God does it.Thats great to see pictures of the way Uranium City was back then.Sounds like Colleen and I we're only one year old when the town came to be.
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