The Famous Chapleau Budd Train: There are only two places left in North America where a train stops and picks people up or drops people off at various points out in the wilderness and the BUDD Train that runs through Chapleau in one of them. The BUDD train is a two-car train with internal engines. A locomotive does not pull it. Guests staying at our Goldie Lake Outpost can fly in via floatplane if they wish but a cheaper alternative is the BUDD Train. The BUDD Train picks-up and drops-off people at remote settlements, lodges, outpost camps and remote trapping lines, which are far too north for roads or ATV trails. There are small remote communities, mainly aboriginal people, who's only access to the civilized world is through the BUDD Train. What Do Our Guests Do First, you drive to the train station in Chapleau. Then unload your gear onto the train loading ramp and then park your vehicle. It's just a little brown building with a computer tracking room, a washroom and a couple of pop machines. Then you buy a ticket from the ticket girl or the conductor. It's approximately $25 US per person round trip. They program the information into their computer that the BUDD Train has to drop you off and pick you up at what they call "The Goldie River". Most likely you will be talking to other groups of fishing-persons while you wait. The train stops. You throw your gear into the train. One car is an empty baggage car and the other has seats. It's like being on a bus. It takes about 45 minutes to get to the Goldie River where the boats are waiting for you. About 10 minutes before you reach your stop, there will be an announcement saying "next stop, Goldie River". The whole thing is very casual. They drop you off and that's that. You put your stuff in the boats and drive to the outpost camp. The train heads north one day and then heads south the next. It goes back and forth all week. You have to come out on a day when the train is heading south back to Chapleau. On the last day of your trip, you just drive the boats back to the train tracks, unload the boats and wait for the train.