Posted by Les on March 21, 1999 at 17:21:40:
In Reply to: ghost towns of western canada posted by dennis on March 17, 1999 at 00:28:37:
: if anybody has anything on ghost towns of western canada please let me know where they are
Dennis, I can't offer any on western Canada but do know of one on the north shore of Lake Superior called Jackfish. If you're interested, I have pictures from about 25 years ago and still remember directions how to get there.
Jackfish was a coal-loading town for the railway but dried up when diesels became the locomotive of choice. It also relied a bit on some commercial fishing.
The final blow to the town came when the local hotel burned down so the local drinking hole evaporated. Because the town was on a rail line and at that time no roads went into it, people didn't even take furniture when they left. Many of the homes we entered even had foodstuffs left in the cupboards.