Tuesday 14 February 2017

The Esther Garage has been photographed by many, including my good friend Dale Stewert. We met for coffee and have traveled the province together taking photos because he had taken a photo of this old building, it was built in the early 40’s by Clayton Ball and Harry Hunter to store their truck in. Since that time it has had several owners. The office part of the garage was even used as a school for a couple years. Some of the owners were Sam McKnight, Henry Kroeger ( Massey Harris and Dodge cars). Henry's grandson is Chad Kroeger, Nickleback. Ed Schroeder used it as a welding and repair shop, Bruce, Jim and Roy Pratt ran it as an automotive repair and sold gas, I remember the old gravity feed gas pump and a huge machinist press inside, which is still there. The garage is still standing and is used for storage and is owned by Bill Dalton.

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  1. Simply captivated by Esther. Pretty sure I could spend a couple days there taking pictures without running out of angles and shots. Ron, thanks for these posts!

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