The lakes of cottage country are lined with idyllic vacation homes. Away from those properties, however, the back-roads are littered with the detritus of ambitions unrealized: ghost towns, communities that lived for a time and then perished.
The lakes of cottage country are lined with idyllic vacation homes that speak to joyful summers. Away from those properties, however, the back-roads are littered with the detritus of ambitions unrealized: ghost towns, communities that lived for a time and then perished.
The few scattered remnants of these failed dreams — foundations here, a wearily leaning building there — are revenants of dead communities. For the curious, here are two Ontario ghost towns I recommend, where the drive is measured not in kilometres but in years travelled back into the past.My introduction to Swords remains vivid, even decades later.
In time, the mill shuttered. Deprived of its lifeblood, Swords atrophied. Most of the village is gone. But the general store that first captured my attention is still there, now undergoing a welcome but halting renovation as a residence. To the south is the school, built in 1904 and lovingly cared for as a community centre. A short hike east along the railbed will reward you with views of towering railway trestles spanning a ravine.
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