Taking Things Up a NOTCH!

 Taking Things Up a NOTCH!

We had been seeing road signs pointing to Notch Hill – a name which we found intriguing.

So, Mark googled it and found an image of a small, old, disused church which looked interesting.

Courtesy of https://fineartamerica.com/featured/notch-hill-church-ii-phil-dionne.html

 

Yesterday, we decided to take a drive there to see it for ourselves. We were delighted to see that it had been lovingly restored. 

We often like to see where a road leads, and we were delighted with the scenery that met us.

As usual, we happened upon another local landmark... the Notch Hill Community Park. Apparently, there used to be two school in the area - the white school (a one-room school erected in 1897, but since demolished), which used to stand where the 'white church' is now, and the brown school, built in 1921, which is still in its original position. 

It was here where we learned that the name, Notch Hill, was coined by a geologist who noted an irregular shape or 'notch' in the hilly landscape and attached the name 'Notch Hill' to the area. The name was adopted by the Canadian Pacific Railway as the name of the station cresting the hill between two other small communities. At one time, two 'pusher engines' were required to assist the steam engines up the steep grade.

The Community Park sports a lookout platform, which enables visitors to take in the scenery and watch the freight trains go past...

...or just sit on the old bench to take in the ambience of this quiet place.