Finding French River Station

 I had a bit of time this morning so I decided to do another bit of exploring. When I was touring around Alban on November 8 I noticed that there was a highway (607) that leads south to a place called "French River Station". 

I wasn't able to visit it on that day, so I asked around (and did some Google sleuthing) to try and learn more about it. The pickings were slim. But I believe there is a lot of power in just showing up, so today I took a detour and see for myself.

I headed back to Alban and turned south on that highway, which was really more of a numbered road. There wasn't much along the way, until I got to this sign:

As you can see, the arrow showed I would have to zig a bit to get to my destination. It turns out that road 607 turns west, so to keep going south I had to take road 607A. As I headed down I realised that this road would continue to follow the railway line towards the French River. So it made sense that I might find a place called French River Station at the place where the two met. And sure enough, signs of community soon emerged.

The fist thing I saw was a church. There was no sign outside indicating what denomination it might be. I wondered if it might have been converted at some point to a personal residence, but the absence of any footprints or parking/tire tracks made me doubt it. Still, the place looked to be in good shape, at least from the outside. Someone is taking care of it.

Across the street was something I often find as I visit these historical locations: a small local cemetery:

The headstones are obviously more modern, so it would seem the cemetery is still used. Again, it made me wonder who runs it.

As I continued south I found... the old train station! 

And beyond it is the French River! So welcome to French River Station!

I am enjoying this time of exploration. I've been preparing a custom Google Map with pins for each settlement in our diocese, no matter how small. One more pin today!