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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 settlementera farm communities, railway whistlestops, 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 historical 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,Muskoka, and the Haliburton Highlands.
Andrew Hind is the author of thirty books on local history, travel, and more. He writes regularly on Ontario’s cottage country and has columns in Muskoka Life and Parry Sound Life. He lives in Bradford, Ontario.
CONTENTSIntroduction 1Southern Cottage Country1 Hindon Hill (Township of Minden Hills, Haliburton County) 72 Germania (Town of Bracebridge, Muskoka District) 193 Uffington (Town of Bracebridge, Muskoka District) 354 Falkenburg Junction (Macauley Township, Muskoka District) 49Central Cottage Country5 Swords (Seguin Township, Parry Sound District) 656 Seguin Falls (Seguin Township, Parry Sound District) 797 Whitehall (Township of McMurrich Monteith, Parry Sound District) 918 Royston (Ryerson Township, Parry Sound District) 1059 Spence (Spence Township, Parry Sound District) 117Northern Cottage Country10 Byng Inlet (Wallbridge Township, Parry Sound District) 13311 Kiosk (Algonquin Park) 14512 Desaulniers (West Nipissing, Nipissing District) 15713 Milberta (Kerns Township, Temiskaming District) 169AcknowledgementsSourcesAbout the Author Index About the Author
You would be hard-pressed to find a better snapshot about the back story of cottage country.
