(Excerpt from the Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Country Register - Spring 2007)

The photoArtcanada gallery in Mortlach, Saskatchewan, emerged from the unexpected meeting of Sharie Kindrachuk (now Krughoff) and Canadian Wildlife photographer David Krughoff.

In the fall of 2004, Sharie was working at the Legislative Building in Regina and was coordinating their United Way fund raiser. She contacted David to see if he might contribute one of his limited-edition wildlife prints to the United Way Silent Auction.

When David delivered his photo to the Legislative Building, Sharie met him at the security check-point and they ended up talking for about 20 minutes. They stayed in touch through emails. And then, well..... isn't love grand!

In May of 2005, David was asked to photograph Saskatchewan's heroic effort of hand rearing endangered Piping Plovers. This was in response to the extreme flooding along the South Saskatchewan River. The effort was made by countless volunteers and staff from the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority as well as folks from Canadian Wildlife Services.  David stayed with the project for 2 months. First he rented a room in Elbow close to the facility at the Diefenbaker Dam where the Piping plover eggs were being incubated. Later a machine shed at the Dam was used to house brooder boxes where the chicks were hand-fed 6 times a day.

In the meantime flight cages were being built at Chaplin Lake where the hand-reared fledglings could gain confidence before being released into the wild. This is when David moved to the hotel in Mortlach. Sharie visited on weekends as David continued to record the progress of the Piping Plovers at Chaplin Lake. They enjoyed life in this small Saskatchewan village.

Sharie and David purchased the 100-year-old Hamilton Bank Building from theVillage in late 2005. After a year of renovations they have opened the photoArtcanada gallery featuring David's images of wildlife. It is a magical place where one can see a Black Bear caring for her new-born cubs, a proud Woodchuck with her young or a fleeting image of a Cougar as he darts through a clearing.