Canada

Photo: Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Title of the photo/story: The Past comes alive
Comments: In the early 1900s, east-central Alberta ( Canada ) became home to tens of thousands of immigrants from the villages of West Ukraine , creating western Canada ’s largest non-British immigrant settlement. Today, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village is an award-winning provincial historic site showcasing Ukrainian settlement in the area from1892 to 1930. The site features costumed role players portraying real-life Ukrainian farming pioneers, and over 30 historic buildings including three churches of Eastern Byzantine Rite, a fully functioning grain elevator, blacksmith shop, and burdei (sod hut, as portrayed in the photograph).
Publication: The Alberta Express, July 2006