Mauricie · Québec · Canada
A town
in the pines
Voted into existence by nine people and a dog, in 1971. It has never once asked you to explain yourself.
Mauricie · Québec · Canada
Voted into existence by nine people and a dog, in 1971. It has never once asked you to explain yourself.
Welcome
In 1971, nine people and a dog parked a school bus at a bend in a creek and voted that this would be a town. Nobody contradicted them. The mail still comes.
The eleven-hour Vote, a founder in black with one eye painted, and nine rules written on the back of a bus schedule.
Where it is on the map, Route 155 north, the NOT FAR sign, and what to bring. Bring a jar.
Two giant insect statues that are not speaking, an apology board eleven planks thick, and the Potato Bash.
The bus, at The Bend, parked there since 1971. Tomatoes have been coming through the roof vents for thirty years.
The souvenir shed
The Bureau sells five things. Ginette felt that selling souvenirs of a place that does not officially exist was the most honest thing the town could do.
