The School House

Although Hecla did prosper for many years the settlement slowly declined. Lodging ceased because the best timber along the shore of Lake Winnipeg had been used up. Commercial fishing, the main source of income for the islanders, became unprofitable do too much competition and low prices, and the farmland never proved very productive. When Hecla school was closed in 1966 as part of the school consolidation program, most remaining families with school age children also left the island.

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