The hamlet has an outfitting business (for guided hunting), a community centre, and a Church of God.
There is a traffic bridge on Highway 3, just west of the hamlet, where residents enjoy swimming in the Red Deer River.
Residents of the area also maintain the Erwood Cemetery that exists approximately 1.5 miles from the hamlet.
[1] In 1890, the Canadian Northern Railway began building a line north from Swan River with the intention of reaching the Hudson Bay.
They started building the line in the narrow corridor between the Porcupine Hills and Lake Winnipegosis, but instead decided to turn west into the North-West Territories where the logging industry was developing.