Francois is an outpost, meaning that you can only get to and from here via water. There are no roads and no one owns a car. Their mode of transportation is four wheeler, walking and in the winter snowmobile/ skido. There is a ferry that comes in once a day bringing in mail, food and anyone wanting to go to the closest town. This community is so unique, Carl and I both got that giddy school girl feeling when coming in. The main roads, if you can call them that are narrow concrete, wide enough for a four wheeler other roads are for walking built out of lumber. There’s a waterfall that runs through the middle of town which gives them there water supply. The population is 90 people and every year it gets lower and lower. The town takes a vote every year on whether to accept money from the government to shut down the town and relocate, they need 90% vote and currently have only 50% to vacate. There are no for sale signs but we spoke with a husband and wife that recently moved here and they paid $10,000 for their place. The town has two stores for food, one will be closing down very soon.
We hiked up over the hill and picked wild blueberries, it’s amazing how the girls can go go go when they’re having fun. We almost made it up to the waterfall today but couldn’t find a trail and the terrain got too rugged for the girls.
This town is awesome and depressing at the same time. To think that in about 10 years that this place will only be a memory, just another abandoned outpost.
Carl taking out the garbage. Everything is burned here. We heard a few years back everyone got a little lazy and started dumping everything off to the side, they are back to burning everything again.
Little Pond, the towns water supply
Little mans first swing, what a perfect setting
Bridges and walkways join all the houses, the girls loved all the different levels
Waterfall running through town
