I got to Gogama by bus from Cochrane. When you get out you‚ll see first a very quiet village. Gogama was mainly in the news due to two nearby train derailments within less than one month in winter 2015. But the main attraction is of course the beautiful lake Minisinakwa.
At Morin’s All Seasons Resort preparations for the season are “under way” and the first few motor-home and cabin owners are installing themselves here on the shore of Lake Minisinakwa.
If you want to go and eat something “Les Vous” is the place, where everybody meets and eats (in fact seems to be the only open place here).
Besides it’s very quiet here. Just in the evenings you will hear the big concert of the frogs in the reed and swamp.
And now and then a freight train passes by with blazing horns.
You wanna buy a General Store? Go ahead I think it’s still for sale!
In the morning I could have slept much longer and not missed the train. I was early the train was late. First not really believing the CN fright workers that “my train” has not even left Caperol, they were of course right and the train two hours late. My concerns that the train will blaze by this unmanned station left me waiting a bit uneasy in the “les Vous”. But some coffee and a great peace of banana cake later the train arrived and they were expecting me on the train (I was the only one getting on here).
So bye bye Gogama, hello Winniepeg