YOUR NIAGARA PAUL

Monday 20 September 2021

FORT FRANCES, ONTARIO. A WEEKEND IN.


Starting behind me some eighty kilometres in Rainy River, 
here I am on Hwy11 which eventually morphs into Yonge St., Toronto, ON.
Would be at our old apartment in 1824.1K's



A cuople of months ago was leaving myself the option of peeling off to the USA here.
Head to Duluth, Minnesota and then to Sault Ste Marie but with entry still restricted, I'm more than good with that. 

In the process of being torn down is what was at one time a very large pulp and paper mill and subsequently LARGE employer in Fort Frances.The core looks nice but as is the case with many of these communities that have suffer similar loses, never good.  


Since leaving Kenora, the passenger vehicular traffic has been 75 % pick up trucks, with 75% towing boats and trailers.
The area seems very popular with Americans.
Most businesses offer the option to pay in U.S. funds and virtually all private advertising signage shows distances in miles.

The front of the arena had a pretty steady stream of parents, kids, loaded with hockey bags, sticks..
Perhaps the making of the next Oggie Ogothorp.
 

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