Have you ever been somewhere there is no noise? Absolute silence? No crickets even? That is Fir Mountain Sk early on a Sunday morning. I actually thought it was a ghost town till I realized the post office was open so people could access their mail boxes and they had signs for Covid hanging on their door and a Canadian flag flying proudly.
This old water pump is one of the neatest I have ever seen. It is right in the centre of town. I guess that was so everyone in the community had access to water. We have visited many ghost towns and this is the first I have seen placed like this. It was smack dab in the middle of the road, in the middle of main street.
We saw a couple of houses that looked like maybe someone was living in them but it was hard to tell. Most of the town was overgrown and looked like it had been awhile since anyone had done anything.
I think this might be the oldest stop sign I have seen to date. It had quite the lean to it and most of the paint has wore off but it was still there in case any vehicles decided to drive down the gravel roads in town. If memory serves me it was the only stop sign in town.
What drew us to make the drive to Fir Mountain Sk was this amazing old school. Out of all the schools we have seen this one held on the longest as a open functioning school. The school opened in 1929 and closed its doors in 1987. It had originally been a two room school but a third was added at some point.
Some places just stick with you after you leave and this is one for me. I would love to go back some day to visit again.
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