Top 125 Unusual Things to See in Ontario - Softcover

Brown, Ron

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9781770854239: Top 125 Unusual Things to See in Ontario

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770854231 ISBN 13: 9781770854239

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2014

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Ontario just got 125 times more unusual! Features 10 new destinations.

"(The author) has the gift of finding lots of things interesting and of them being able to write beautifully about those things."
-- Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

In his relentless quest to discover the unusual, Ron Brown has traveled nearly every road in Ontario. Since this book's previous edition, Top 125 Unusual Things to See in Ontario, he has been traveling again. There are now 125 unusual locations to see in Ontario.

Thoroughly researched and written in an inviting style, descriptions offer fascinating stories with background, location and accompanying color photographs. Most places are easy to reach from Ontario's major population centers and bordering American cities and towns.

The 10 new locations are:

South-Western Ontario
4. Lake Erie's Cold War Submarine: HMCS Ojibwa
5. The Ghost Squirrels of Exeter

Central Ontario and Toronto Area:
6. The Kewatin Is Home: Port McNicol
7. The Hookers of Port Credit (Stone-Hooker's That Is)
8. Toronto' Most Unusual Cemetery: The Taber Hill Ossuary

Cottage Country and Northern Ontario
9. A Touch of Asia: The Thunder Bay Pagoda
10. Stories on the Rock: The Agawa Pictographs

In Top 125 Unusual Things to See in Ontario, all entries are updated and grouped by location. Detailed maps pinpoint every location.

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About the Author:

Ron Brown has written a dozen books on Ontario's ghost towns and roadside attractions (both natural and unnatural). He is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio, and his travel articles have appeared in North American newspapers and magazines. He lives in Toronto.

Introduction

Ontario is full of hidden treasure. Down village streets, in city lanes, and along quiet country roads lie its most unusual sights -- houses that seem to float, a river that disappears, log cabins in the centre of a major city. All await the curious explorer. Monuments to murders, massacres and mysterious spy camps bring to life the lesser-known aspects of Ontario's hidden heritage.

This book features my pick of Ontario's top 125 unusual things to see. Most of the listings are easy to find and are open to the public.

In this revised and updated edition, the places are grouped into four geographic regions. Maps pinpoint each location within the region.

So head out and discover whichever treasure appeals at the moment. Temples, towers and quirks of nature offer insight into an Ontario that few even know exists. And that's what looking for treasure is all about.

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