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| Has anyone ever grocery shopped the Walmart in Fort Frances Canada ?
Good selection ?
I was thinking of shopping there instead of lugging everything from the Chicago area.
Any thoughts or sugestions about this ?
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Location: Selkirk, Manitoba | Don't know about that particular store but I'm sure the same as any other Walmart up here where I can't imagine there would be anything it doesn't have that you are looking for.
Not sure if this link works where you are at, but this will give you an idea: https://www.walmart.ca/en/cp/grocery/10019 |
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| Walmart in Fort Frances should have most of what you need, want for grocery. Nice store.
Keep in mind the time of day you'll be doing your shopping. Meat, & fresh produce selection can be pretty wiped out very early or late in the day. Other good stops for groceries in the Fort are SafeWay, & if traveling up highway 11/71, Cloverleaf in Emo.
On the US side, Super One in IFalls is also very well stocked, great selection, & has just about everything you might need. |
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Location: E. Tenn | +1 for Super One in the Falls... there's also several other locations on US 53, including one in Duluth right off US-53 in Hermantown. They open at 6AM as opposed to Walmart locations on the Canadian side, which don't open til 8AM.
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Location: Brighton CO. | It's been over 20 years since I fished in Canada. The first two times would with Muskie INC. crew so it was a group effort, then the first time as a family we stayed at Minaki and there was no place to buy food (we knew this from the trip before with the Muskie INC. crew) so we filled a giant cooler full of stuff in Brookings S.D. The next year 2002 they reopened the lodge and golf course and the store was open in town and restaurants were open things were booming in Minaki. That fall the guy who ran the lodge didn't pay his crew for the whole summer and they burnt the place to the ground that fall. 2004 was our last year. Not much up there except a lot of fish. The size of our fish went way down after that but we had to kept the non fishing members of the family happy too. For the record my mom and dad were married 60 +years when my dad passed. |
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| Thanks everyone, leaving Chicago 3 am should take 10 hours to International Falls get to the border around 1 pm on a Wednesday cross over go shopping in Fort Frances about 1 hour drive 3 hours to destination arrive around 5 pm unload have a couple cocktails and dinner, fish starting in the morning for 8 days and then drive home.
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| Thanks everyone, leaving Chicago 3 am should take 10 hours to International Falls get to the border around 1 pm on a Wednesday cross over go shopping in Fort Frances about 1 hour drive 3 hours to destination arrive around 5 pm unload have a couple cocktails and dinner, fish starting in the morning for 8 days and then drive home.
That's the plan. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | 51 have a great trip in Canada and remember this, in a pinch you can live off Beef Jerky, peanuts, an Apple and home made chocolate chip cookies. Have fun and let us know how you do. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | 51Muskie - 7/28/2025 10:05 AM
Thanks everyone, leaving Chicago 3 am should take 10 hours to International Falls get to the border around 1 pm on a Wednesday cross over go shopping in Fort Frances about 1 hour drive 3 hours to destination arrive around 5 pm unload have a couple cocktails and dinner, fish starting in the morning for 8 days and then drive home.
That's the plan.
where do you live in the Chicago area?
*since I have no friends. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Slamr - 7/28/2025 1:47 PM
51Muskie - 7/28/2025 10:05 AM
Thanks everyone, leaving Chicago 3 am should take 10 hours to International Falls get to the border around 1 pm on a Wednesday cross over go shopping in Fort Frances about 1 hour drive 3 hours to destination arrive around 5 pm unload have a couple cocktails and dinner, fish starting in the morning for 8 days and then drive home.
That's the plan.
where do you live in the Chicago area?
*since I have no friends.
im north of rockford if you ever want to fish southern wisconsin. |
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| South west of Chicago.
Oak lawn Il.
I usually fish fox chain, Lake Geneva, Hiedecke,Webester lake Indiana some of the places that I fish and of course Canada.
If you're looking for someone to fish with I suggest joining a Muskie Inc. club
.I belong to 2 clubs , Southside Muskie and Midwest Muskie club there is always somebody looking to go fishing with. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | 51Muskie - 7/28/2025 4:47 PM
South west of Chicago.
Oak lawn Il.
I usually fish fox chain, Lake Geneva, Hiedecke,Webester lake Indiana some of the places that I fish and of course Canada.
If you're looking for someone to fish with I suggest joining a Muskie Inc. club
.I belong to 2 clubs , Southside Muskie and Midwest Muskie club there is always somebody looking to go fishing with.
Always good to have more options :-D
Edited by ILESOX 7/28/2025 9:58 PM
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