Just south of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, is a hamlet called Bruce Mines.

One of the Group of Seven painters, Tom Thompson, did a painting of it that went on to become quite famous.

At the time, and as you can read above, Thompson had lost a large collection of his work during a canoe upset, but the painting of Bruce Mines almost made up for it.

Bruce Mines is very picturesque, although Thompson’s painting conveys much more ruggedness and struggle.

Presently, it’s a lovely lakeside hamlet that’s more about pleasure boating and swimming rather than the hard work that it took to live there in the early 20th century.

I will soon be travelling to Iceland and as a result will be temporarily closing comments here, but I’ll still be checking in on your posts. Cheers.