Still Standing

After nearly 40 flood-free years, the township of Minden Hills has developed a flooding problem, declaring a state of emergency 3 times in the last 7 years but as the community digs out, they are also digging in, deepening their commitment to one another as they find new ways to come together.

When Port Stanley, Ontario's prosperous commercial fishing industry collapsed, the Southern Ontario beach town was left with an identity crisis and an uncertain future.

Fort Hope was a natural resting and refuelling point on the journey to and from BC's interior and still is - ask anyone who has driven the treacherous converging highways in the winter.

Chemainus has become famous as the first resource town to literally save themselves with public murals. When the Chemainus sawmill closed in 1983, the threat of becoming a ghost town was very real.

Warkworth, Warkworth, Warkworth. The village with a name you definitely can't say ten times fast-always had a vibrant Main Street that anchored the community, but, in the mid 60s to early 70s, the building of nearby Warkworth Penitentiary, which coincided with rural decline, saw many Main Street business owners looking to sell and retire.

A tourist steam train helped to put Wakefield on the map for tens of thousands of tourists every summer. That is until torrential rains destroyed this wildly successful attraction. Without the 1000+ daily visitors the train brought in during peak summer, Wakefield's businesses suffered and the town slid into decline.

Located in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia is Middleton - so named because it's halfway between Halifax and Yarmouth. Once serviced by two railway lines, the town was a busy hub known for fruit growing and exporting.

Oxford, Nova Scotia has always been famous for blueberries and two years ago it became famous for its 40 meter in diameter sinkhole. In this depressed area of Nova Scotia, neighbouring towns have had to amalgamate but Oxford (known as the blueberry capital of Canada) has been holding out.

Located 1 hour northwest of Winnipeg on the shores of Lake Manitoba, is St. Laurent, home of the legendary Manipogo sea monster and one of the largest Métis communities in North America.

For decades Fenelon Falls was kept afloat by the making of wooden products. But, when these industries moved on, "The Jewel of the Kawarthas" hit on hard times.