Waupoos General Store Then and Now

Top: then, maybe late '40s or early '50s; Bottom: now, Sept 2023

Longtime readers may recall I posted the top picture and an associated story back in January 2021. That's the general store in Waupoos, Ontario in the late 1940s or, more likely, the early 1950s. The photo was shot by my father, and that's his car, which I think he told me was a '49 Mercury. If so, he had better taste in cars than I've ever had. 

This summer we drove out to Waupoos in Prince Edward County. The old store still stands. That's it in the bottom photo. It's no longer a general store but Stella's Eatery. Unfortunately it was closed when we drove by. That's not our car in the photo, and it's certainly not a '49 Mercury.