Norway House/Rossville

I recently had the opportunity to go to Norway House and Rossville which are basically the same community and about 2 hours away from Cross Lake.  Situated on a river the it is quite a picturesque little community.  The shoreline is rounded rock boulders with blackspruce trees and lots of greenery.  It reminds me a bit of a cross between Lanark County and Sudbury.  I foolishly forgot to take a picture of the shoreline but I did get one of the ferry crossing on the way there.  In winter months, once the ice has frozen over they switch to a "winter road" which basically means you drive across the ice.  As someone who is nervous walking on foot thick ice, I'm not sure how I will feel about this.

There are two Northern Stores in this community, one on the Rossville side and one on the Norway House side.  In Norway House the store is on the site of an old Hudson's Bay fort.  Some of the old buildings are still in existence like the "Archway" building here, where people had to enter the fort as it was totally enclosed by fencing.  The small stone jail was built in 1855 and is still on the site as you can see from the other photo.