Uranium City - Life After the Mine

Uranium City - Life after the mine in Saskatchewan

As C-GRUG, a Cessna 172 dips and shudders towards Uranium City's
dimly lit, cracked and re-tarred runway, McMurray Aviation pilot Brock radios in the plane's location to a nonexistent control tower.
Silently, the shattered and desolated remains of homes slip into darkness beneath the plane.
Streets, cul-de-sacs and treed alleyways are lined with empty homes.
Some homes still have windows and walls -- for others, only a staircase leading to the sky remains.
A barrage of trees and shrubs surround the homes -- eager to reclaim the land.
Where humans still dwell, smoke traces lazily drift from the chimneys into the chilled northern air.

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[Xhelil34]

I was born in UC and my whole family actually talk about it alot. Ya it was actually a health hazard living there , but none of us knew. My father Jim Muzaci founded the restaurant Muzaci's Diner and was very succesfull with it too. From what he says it was a better time a peaceful time and i see it in his eyes and others from there that they do miss it.

[nadz109]

If I lived ther, I would be high all the time too.

[steveothegreat2424]

my parents lived there for a while back in the early 80's told me lots of stories when i was young of this place thats why im here looking. i showed this vid to them and my mother almost cryed when she seen the uranium city hotel sign. she worked in the bakery her name was thelma and her husband was terry .

[chrisharden13]

Me and a bunch of friends plan to go to Uranium city if the zombie apocalypse ever happens. The most remote town from miles!

[bernie3431]

I worked in Eldorado for 10 years and my Children were born in Uranium City,but most

video clips I have seen are a disappointment to me.Anybody with good pics from the late

fifties and early sixties please Post.

[1stcjk]

I was born there too, loooooooooong time ago 1959! I went to Chernobyl Belarus and it reminds me of this film,,People never believe it when I say I was born there!

[rubiconuk1981]

Re: talking about addictions in the video ... how are they even getting drugs into the city?? It's not like you can just drive up there from PA or what not.

[donmont10]

@johnmw13 no, the mines that surrounded it were closed down in the 80's soo the population who worked at the mines left the city and, after the hospital closed in 2003 the population fell further fromm 300 to about 80 some xp

[craz181]

my father and blood gary powder is in this video very cool its been along time since i seen him,many moons ago love ya dad your long lost son joey powder

[johnmw13]

is it radioactive in that area