Welcome to the village of Milo, Alberta! Maybe the above photo or the word “village” tipped you off, but Milo is extremely small: population 110. For such a sparsely populated area, though, Milo’s got the amenities: a community hall, a hotel, tennis courts, a school (which is featured in one of the below videos), a skating arena, and a curling rink! (To any Canadian readers: many Americans – myself included – look at curling with some combination of fascination, curiosity and amusement.) All of these features apparently pale in comparison to the grain elevator, which is the most photographed building of Milo that you can find on the Internet:
The Great Grain Elevator of Milo, Alberta
Milo also has their own website, but unfortunately, it appears to be abandoned. I wrote to the email address on the site asking for information, optimistic in my belief that some town booster would get back to me, but that was five days ago and I haven’t heard anything since. This is a little problematic, because I’ve found such limited amount of information about the town that I don’t have much more to say.
*crickets*
When I think of small towns like Milo, I always wonder what people do to entertain themselves. Thankfully for me, there’s folks like the guys at MiloMovieMakers that provide me with answers:
So… there you go. It’s a short stop this time around. Can you find anything interesting about Milo, Alberta? Post it in the comments, or tag it on Twitter with #NSEW and let us know!
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