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Unknown Ghost Town in Brock, Ontario

Jun 30 2010

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Vroomanton was to become a major hub of Brock Twp, but when the railway bypassed it to the east, it went bust while Sunderland flourished.
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Pinedale 1877.
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Layton 1877.
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Wick 1877.
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Blackwater did not exist in 1877 but started where the railway crossed the river north of Wick.
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Derryville 1877 was one intersection south of road to Cannington on Hwy. 12.
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SW corner of Wick on Hwy. 12. This may have been the hotel. Across the street to the north on the Leask property was the post office (now gone).
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Wick's Prebyterian Chuch built 1893 and school built 1898 (used until 1964).
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Layton's post office at SW corner of the hamlet was built in 1847. It is occupied so stay off their property
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Old barn at north side of Layton.
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Pinedale's church built 1873.
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Pinedale's schoolhouse is now a home.
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Pinedale SS 14.
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Ruddytown as it looks in 2010 from the air. See those 2 big ponds? Thats was the mill pond and just to the north of them yiu can see the dam on the creek. The actual mill was located just west of the dam.

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10 months ago

The first album on OAP apparently