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Comment on Chicago of the North - Port McNicholl by Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:12:24 +0000

Wow, thanks Scott. Are you a railway history buff, or a local? When I went there, and even online we really couldn’t find anything out about when the place was even abandoned at first, probabily because its been almost a generation (30 years). Its amazing how people (especially locals) really stop noticing things in their own backyards because they see it everyday.

Comment on Lakeshore Gentrification by Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:08:46 +0000

Is this your way of telling me your pretty ;)?

Comment on Lakeshore Gentrification by jacob

jacob — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:17:00 +0000

I remember once walking under the bridge of the humber and being chased by a bum who was sleeping there.. I later saw a police poster with his face on it for being a Perv and chasing women in the park lawn area.

Comment on Chicago of the North - Port McNicholl by Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:10:22 +0000

@Kiddo
You are correct in identifying Port McNicoll as a village and not a hamlet, however Victoria Harbour was the original name referred to by the Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway, a contract subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Victoria Harbour was the closest settlement in reference to the new development. CPR plans and documents from approximately 1905 until about 1910 refer to the “new C.P.R.terminal at Victoria Harbour, Ontario. The new grain elevator and railyard had also been coined “Victoria Harbour West”. Railway officials soon realized that the two communities were separate and distinct and gave the development the name of Port McNicoll in 1910, after then C.P.R. vice-president David McNicoll. It was only after the arrival of the C.P.R. near Victoria Harbour in 1907, the year the Hog Bay Trestle was built to carry building supplies and eventually grain that a settlement which is now present day Port McNicoll started to take shape. The land that now encompasses the village was only settled by a few farm families prior to the arrival of the railway. Many acres that the C.P.R. eventually purchased adjacent to the manmade slip was from these farmers.

Comment on The Junction Bunsmaster by N*TROPY » Sherwin Williams

N*TROPY » Sherwin Williams — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:26:33 +0000

[...] One had NRI also next door, and also down the street, Tower Automotive a bit further south and ‘Bunsmaster’ right next [...]

Comment on Downsview Hangers by Air33

Air33 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:06:01 +0000

Thanks! It was such a wonderful location. Not just because I have been there several times when it was in operation, but also because I always passed by there on my commute for over 5 years and always wondered what would happen with the place.

Comment on Downsview Hangers by hi-lite

hi-lite — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:02:01 +0000

Excellent write-up. I love those historical photos, great find!

Comment on Canada Linseed Oil Mill by ohlenna

ohlenna — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:48:24 +0000

Fantastic series - as usual. You asked about others shooting the site - a couple of us recently had permission to go in and shoot the building (December 8th) for Heritage Toronto’s Building Storeys 2010 exhibit that we’re putting on in February. It was a blast - amazingly freezing day with sleet, water raining in on the third floor flooding it a bit, flooded basement, and gorgeous light.

Comment on Chicago of the North - Port McNicholl by Kiddo

Kiddo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:51 +0000

Interesting, however, Port McNicoll is a village and not a hamlet. Its population is approx 1500. Victoria Harbour was not the original name of the Port McNicoll, rather it is the next village over. And if you come to Port hungry, there is a diner and restaurant to eat.

Comment on High Perch by Noah

Noah — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:12:39 +0000

Great photo set (I have a thing for bridges and geometry), and I really enjoy the blog/site in general–I’ve been following it for a while. Keep up the good work…

Comment on High Perch by jannx

jannx — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:07:53 +0000

lmao at the secca wrd… micro

put this in ‘lame ass ue’ pleez

Comment on Tower Automotive by N*TROPY » Sherwin Williams

N*TROPY » Sherwin Williams — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:03:49 +0000

[...] one seeking to look at delicit industry. One had NRI also next door, and also down the street, Tower Automotive a bit further south and ‘Bunsmaster’ right next [...]

Comment on St.Mary the Virgin by terrorkitten

terrorkitten — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:09:40 +0000

It would be wonderful to have one of those stained windows to look at endlessly! Love this series, Jan.

Comment on The Junction Bunsmaster by admin

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:01:13 +0000

Well I think it was a shared warehouse space. Bunsmaster seems to be an outlet bakery on Kipling (near the glass plant). There were a few other signs around with different names on them, so I assume it was just a storage space. Trains could also be pulled in on one side, so they probabily kept their flour and such here. I found no documents in the place, just the graffiti from 1993, so it might have been closed much longer.

Comment on The Junction Bunsmaster by HI-LITE

HI-LITE — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:36:07 +0000

Have any idea what “buns master” was?

Comment on Canada Linseed Oil Mill by terrorkitten

terrorkitten — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:26:16 +0000

Jan, this is another great series. They just hang together so beautifully when shown as a set. Top work

Comment on Lister Block by jannx

jannx — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:05:59 +0000

lookin’ good. Some tasty shots there!

Comment on Chicago of the North - Port McNicholl by jannx

jannx — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:14:50 +0000

Phil, thanks for the words!

Comment on Molten slag & fried chicken, Sudbury style by jannx

jannx — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:12:51 +0000

Jef, we’ll be in touch! It’ll be good to catch up

heh , I have to comment the anti spam word is “micro”!

Comment on Junk Yards by jannx / aka jannx

jannx / aka jannx — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:06:02 +0000

Phil, Thanks for stopping by and the kind words