When I was a student at Dartmouth College years ago, a friend and classmate, Mark, always gave me grief that I lived in Frostbite Falls … home to Rocky and Bullwinkle J. Moose.

Well after all of these years I am finally admitting Mark was right. In fact, yesterday morning I hiked in to Frostbite Falls at sunrise … occasionally known at High Falls on the Pigeon River …. the international border between the USA and Canada in northern Minnesota.

My reason for being on the border was that I was returning to Duluth having chased the CP Holiday Train from Schreiber to Thunder Bay via Nipigon. Imagine two trains all decked out for the holidays which chug across Canada and the northern United States stopping in small towns to raise money for the local food banks. At each town people bring food donations, and get to watch a nationally known act perform. Yup … the side of a boxcar folds down and a concert stage is revealed! This years primary act on the Canadian version of the train is country singer Kelly Prescott. Pretty darn cool, and the true holiday spirit comes through in these small town. Last year we watched the Holiday Train concert in a the small prairie town of Plummer, Minnesota. (see schedule for the USA and Canada)

In summation, I love that I live in Frostbite Falls!

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Frostbite Falls! (High Falls on the Pigeon River)

CP Holiday Train – Nipigon, Ontario

CP Holiday Train – Schreiber, Ontario

CP Holiday Train – Lake Superior near Rossport, Ontario

CP Holiday Train – Concert in Plummer, Minnesota

Video of Frostbite Falls