Abandoned Towns: Uranium City

Cool! I lived in Uranium City as a child from about 1976-1980. My little brother was born there. My earliest memories were of winter: going sledding with my older brother and my mom. And having to wear a too small for me snowsuit, so when I fell over I couldn’t move enough to help myself up. Everybody thought it was so funny. Ah memories! My dad worked in one of those mines. He’s still alive

I keep forgetting Uranium City is an actual place and not a made up town from the musical Ride the Cyclone 😭

Thank you for the informative video. I was born in Uranium City in 1977 when my parents were missionaries in Stoney Rapids. That is the first time I've seen a picture of the hospital where I was born.

My late Wife, Shelley Kunzel, was born in Uranium City in 1963. Her Father, Erich Kunzel, just passed away this year. He was a carpenter at Eldorado Mine in the early 60’s. His Wife, Norma, is living in Calgary now, and an avid African Violet enthusiast.

I have a fondness for Uranium City. I paddled there from Kinoosao on Reindeer Lake back in 1975 when I was 16 years old and then returned to visit my friend Charles Camsell in 1978. I had no idea I was there during the peak years.

In some ways it was easier to move in winter. You could haul all your stuff across the lake. When I lived up there, a grader operator went through the ice. He escaped his vehicle and found his way through the hole. When they came upon him, they had to lay him in the box of the truck because his clothes were so frozen. He was back at work the next day. They were tough people.

A former workmate of mine had worked up there. When the mine was filled in and the town was shutting down he bought the garage from his former house, for an experience he drove up with his truck and a trailer, loaded up the garage on the trailer and drove it back out on the ice road.

i'm so glad you made a video on this! Uranium (city) has been an interest of mine for a while now, but there isn't much content surrounding it out there. This is all very interesting information, and i learnt a lor from this video. It might interest you to know (if you didn't already) that there is actually an airline that runs flights to and from uranium every monday, wednesday, and friday, called Transwest air. I too hope that the increasing exploration benefits uranium city, in fact it is a dream of mine to visit someday. Again, well done - this is an amazing and incredibly informative video.

I worked in Eldorado, Uranium City in the 70s I was just a young fellow drilling underground, installing rock bolts, I can remember watching Ali and Leon Spinks fight in the TV room they had in Camp, Ali lost to Spinks, but this brings back memories that for sure.

I was born in Uranium City in June 1959. We left after i turned one. It is my dream to go there one day and have a look around. Excellent video. Thank you for making it.

Born in the First Aid Post in Eldorado. Attended Shannon Elementary and UC High School (before Candu). Thanks for the visit back. Still have a birch and moss relief picture of Santa Barbara Church.

Thanks for watching my first video! Let me know what you would like to see next!

My family lived in Uranium City in the 50's. My family had many health issues due to Uranium exposure. My mom has good memories from when she lived there though. She worked in the theater when she was a teenager.

My father's uncle worked in the uranium mines in Uranium City for decades and is well into his 90's now and still in very good health.

Back in 1972 I got my first job after graduation as an electronics tech. I worked out of a shop in a hangar at Edmonton Municipal. It said ELDORADO on it. While based in that building I worked all over the airport. However in that building I did a fair amount of service work on the DC-3s and the DC-4 that were marked ELDORADO. I knew they flew supplies to Uranium City and brought back sealed drums. I left that job in 1973 for a research job at the University of Alberta. I never knew until this what happened to Uranium City itself.

An informative and well written video - thanks for producing it.

My dad is a journeyman machinist and would commute to Uranium city areas for repair work to the equipment. As a little kid I remember him leaving on a Monday and him coming back about 2 weeks later.

My father and uncle as well as a good friend’s father were part of the original surveyors for Uranium City. So it is wrapped in nostalgia and curiosity for me. Nice video, thanks!

How interesting, both my sister and I were norn in Uranium City, I in 1958 and my sister in 59. A couple of years ago I printed off a phonebook listing for my parents bringing back many memories for them as they read through the names.😊

Loved your video. I’m 85 now but around 1967 I was with Pacific Western Airlines out of Edmonton. We flew DC-4s on a scheduled run to Uranium City, sorry to hear that the town closed down. I had visited the area on Google earth a few years back and remembered the sandy beaches along the southern shores of lake Athabaska.