CUMBERLAND HERITAGE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ONTARIO

 

Again a picture from my files. This time an image from the station master’s office of the old Vars railway station. This old station was moved to the open air heritage museum in Cumberland. Old railway stations remind me of the times when the main means of transportation for the small towns in the rural and especially the communities in the North was the train. The irony is that the same small towns have lost, with the exception of the private car, their various forms of travel. The train has been gone, now airlines and busses have closed their various routes. The only bus company here in North Eastern Ontario is the Ontario Northlander. Al in all a very sad situation,

THE OLD AND THE NEW

Yesterday was the first time, after many weeks, that I went on a small photo excursion around the city. I came across this view of the old Dionne Quints home which was moved to downtown North Bay. I particularly liked the strange contrast between the old homestead and new construction behind it.