Beardmore

Beardmore was effectively established in the early 1900s, when the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway designated it as a flag station (a place where trains needed to be flagged down in order to stop in a timely fashion), and saw a growth spurt during the 1930s when gold was discovered in the area. It’s also where a now-infamous Viking sword was purportedly found (before the whole story surrounding that “find” turned out to be a hoax). Today, as part of the amalgamated Municipality of Greenstone, the town is known as the gateway community to the Lake Nipigon area, as it sits right on the doorstep of some of the province’s best fishing, hunting, and outfitting. And no discussion about Beardmore would be complete without mentioning one of the region’s most iconic roadside attractions: the giant snowman.