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Author Hind, Andrew, author.

Title Ghost towns of Ontario's cottage country / Andrew Hind
Published Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Southern Cottage Country -- 1 Hindon Hill (Township of Minden Hills, Haliburton County) -- 2 Germania (Town of Bracebridge, Muskoka District) -- 3 Uffington (Town of Bracebridge, Muskoka District) -- 4 Falkenburg Junction (Macauley Township, Muskoka District) -- Part Two: Central Cottage Country -- 5 Swords (Seguin Township, Parry Sound District) -- 6 Seguin Falls (Seguin Township, Parry Sound District) -- 7 Whitehall (Township of McMurrich Monteith, Parry Sound District)
8 Royston (Ryerson Township, Parry Sound District) -- 9 Spence (Spence Township, Parry Sound District) -- Part Three: Northern Cottage Country -- 10 Byng Inlet (Wallbridge Township, Parry Sound District) -- 11 Kiosk (Algonquin Park) -- 12 Desaulniers (West Nipissing, Nipissing District) -- 13 Milberta (Kerns Township, Temiskaming District) -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Image Credits -- Index -- About the Author
Summary "Explore the remnants of vanished villages across Ontario's cottage country. Crumbling foundations lost in the forest, weathered buildings leaning wearily with age, cracked tombstones jutting from the ground -- all serve as haunting reminders of once thriving villages that have since been abandoned. Each of these locales has a distinct story to tell, stories that until now were confined to fading memories and grainy photographs. From the northern shores of Georgian Bay to the eastern reaches of the Kawarthas, Ontario's cottage country is littered with vanished villages including settlement era farm communities, railway whistle-stops, and logging hamlets. Within these pages, readers will venture into Ontario's past to learn how these communities lived and died, and to meet the people who invested their hopes and dreams in them. Dozens of photographs, many vintage and never-before-published, bring these ghost towns back to life. Join Andrew Hind in exploring over a dozen villages across the districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing, the Muskokas, and the Haliburton Highlands."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Issued also in print format
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2023)
Subject Ghost towns -- Ontario
Ghost towns -- Ontario -- Guidebooks
Ghost towns.
Travel.
SUBJECT Ontario -- History, Local
Ontario -- Description and travel
Ontario -- Guidebooks
Subject Ontario.
Genre/Form Guidebooks.
Local history.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781459751149
1459751140
9781459751156
1459751159