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Located 15 kilometres south of Drumheller, Wayne is a link to the not-so-distant past
There’s something about the last few kilometres through a deep-sided canyon to the western ghost town of Wayne, Alta., that Edmonton motorcyclist Ron Woodford just can’t get enough of.
The Harley-Davidson enthusiast got a taste for the road that follows the winding Rosebud River over 11 single-lane bridges in the 1990s when massive motorcycle rallies were held in Wayne — but he keeps coming back, more than a decade after those events ended.
“I’m kind of addicted. There’s something special when you ride into that chasm on a motorcycle,” he says, adding the lack of Wi-Fi and cellphone coverage adds to the quiet of the place.
“You go over all those bridges. It’s really unique. When you’re looking for a bike route, you want more than just a straight road.” Located 15 kilometres south of the southeastern Alberta Badlands capital of Drumheller, Wayne is a link to the not-so-distant past, a town of 29 residents where 2,500 people once lived and worked in a dozen underground coal mines.
Most of those people’s homes have disappeared — moved, burned or destroyed by flooding — since the last working mine, Sovereign, closed in 1957.
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