I do not know much about this former mill site. I spoke with the present owner. He mentioned that the "barn" structure was not part of the milling complex. He also mentioned that there had been a significant village at the site but many of the houses had been torn down. Not a lot is left but foundations and ruins.


Dam ruins


mill site and older building


Foundations

mill workers house foundations


Miller's house

The ghost town of McCrimmon's Corners, Ontario.

I do not know any history regarding this area.


No idea what this was

Maybe a meeting hall or church


"barn"


Town center


School House

Kingdon Mines, Galetta, Ontario.

Extensive tailings in area. Tailing were used until recently as aggregate. However due to the high level of residual lead this practice has been abandoned.



found (http://gcaxtrapages.galettaca.org/minemap.html)


extensive tailings and what may be the powder house ruins


more ruins to the north of the tailings


mill ruins


fenced in mine shaft


Slag heap


smelter ruins


abandoned car.

Historical photos can be viewed here
http://kingdonholdings.com/KingdonGallery/index.html

**** The weather today was a cool 2 C. My brother and I parked at Andrew Haydon park and walked toward the war museum. The trail had a lot of snow cover. Lots of wild life including a flock of ducks. Total distance  13.5 km in 2.5 hours.  We need to complete from the war museum to Richmond landing next time before we continue towards Kingston.




**** May 1st, Andrew Haydon Park to Robertson road. The weather was clear to cloudy, the temperature was 20C. total hike was 10 kms. The trail was wet in places.








 

The Gomer Pyle of Kabul. (Blundering Afghan suicide bomber blows up 6 militants)

www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSISL330182

This guy deserves the Darwin award.

About a month ago i went to see a Truck Camper out in central Ontario. It was a camper made by Coleman. I had never seen anything like it and unfortunately at the time I could not find anything on the web about these particular campers. They were made by Coleman in the ealry 1980's (i had found the design patent for it) patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser

Also here is another site featuring a similar camper
http://www.angib.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/teardrop/tear51.htm

So i have since found picture for it. So for anyone looking for pictures for this type of camper look no further.

If you see these two looking for a ride on the 401 give them a ride! They are awesome people and a lot of fun to chat too.


Dusty, Esso station kingston waiting while Vic went in for sustenance.


Dusty and Vic, Napanee Ont.

I hope you were able to catch a ride out of Napanee for Toronto!

October Camping Bon Echo

My parents and me went camping in October of last year. Fun times!


Wildernest camping

Wildernest camping

We visited the ghost settlement of Newfoundout where pioneers tried to seek out a living in the opeongo mountains. They eventually abandoned their farms and houses. The view from their abandoned ruins is beautiful.



Newfoundout, Ontario

Newfoundout

Newfoundout

Newfoundout

Newfoundout

I have been hired to tree plant this season. The company will remain nameless as I know of one lurker on here that I would rather they not know too much about it.

So come the end of April i will pack up my truck and camper and head out in to the wilds of the west.

I will take lots of pictures. There is only one way to live a life. Working indoors is not one of them. suckers!

I was in Peterborough this Sunday looking at a potential camper for my summer of tree planting.

You are asking why, as i already have a truck camper.
 
This one was lighter than my curernt one and boasted all the same amenities so i had to take a look at it. I left 10 am. The drive down was uneventful, listening to the CBC ( vinyl cafe and wiretap). The weather was a mix of flurries and sun. So between the flurries i would roll down my window roll up the sleave of my jacket and soak in the rays. i think i recieved my monthly  vitamin D in just a day.

I got down there in about 3 and 1/2 hours and stop by Bob's house (who owned the camper). His house was a colonial log house. I liked it. He was baby sitting his grandson so i took the trek to his camper on my own. I was about 3-4 years late. The camper is almost unsalvageable. It is a truck camper made by coleman and it pops up and out like a traditional tent trailer. However every piece of wood on it needed to be replaced due to exposure to the elements. the "wings" that fold out and become beds are completely bent and rotted. It would make a good project and i was almost tempted to take it for that but i would only do that if it was free. the asking price was 350 but after telling him what i saw he offered 100, i told him he should take the offer of 150 for the furnance that is in it. If i come back from planting flush with cash it would be an interesting restoration project but i can't even think about it now.



i was thinking about it the whole time. i would walk the 300 feet too it spend 10 mins looking it over, walk back to my truck think about it, walk back to the camper etc. i spent over an hour there doing that.

It has a stove/furnance/sink. the ice box is long gone. this camper is one of a kind i can't google it. not to be found. but it is a coleman.

ciao for now.

wish me luck tree planting