The old, wooden grain elevators that used to dot Canada's prairies have been slowly disappearing, as many have outlived their usefulness and are being blown up, burned and destroyed. Roughly half of Doug Ward's house is made from wood salvaged from the Vulcan grain elevator. (Monty Kruger/CBC)Roughly half of his home is repurposed wood from the grain elevator that used to be in Vulcan, Alta. Doug Ward bought the Vulcan grain elevator wood from a friend, who was responsible for the demolition. "Then it grew for 300 years, and then we cut it down and built a grain elevator," he remarked.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2018 01:55 UTC