Top 100 Unusual Things to See in Ontario
Uncovering the unexpected in Ontario -- from floating mansions to the province's very own Taj Mahal.\ In his relentless quest to discover the unusual, Ron Brown has traveled nearly every road in Ontario. This book features 100 of the very best trips from his three best-selling "50 Unusual" collections: 50 Unusual Things to See in Ontario, 50 Even More Unusual Things to See in Ontario, and Ontario's Secret Landscapes: 50 More Visits to Unusual Ontario.\ What's an unusual thing? "Anything that...
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An updated compilation of the best trips from Ron Brown's previous three books on unusual travel destinations in Ontario. Most destinations are accessible to major population centers, but all are unexpected wonders and oddities. A fun travel guide.
Introduction Over the Sioux Narrows: North America's Longest Wooden BridgeNicholson: A Ghost Town Worth VisitingDyer's Dedication: Muskoka's Wilderness MemorialCanada's Gibraltar: Bon Echo RockGhosts of the Gold Fields: Ontario's EldoradoThe Disappearing River of Peterborough CountyThe Rice Lake RailwayKingston's Little Round FortsDeath Beneath the Street: Lemieux's Underground Death TrapIt Came from Outer Space: The Holleford Meteor CraterSmiths Falls' High-Rise PrivyTrenton's Big BoulderRails Under Brockville: Canada's Oldest Railway TunnelThe Swamp that Feeds the World: The Amazing Holland MarshThe Comfort Giant: Canada's Biggest Maple TreeThe Townsend ExperimentSt. Catharines' Forgotten TunnelDwarf Cedars: Ontario's Oldest TreesOntario's Taj Mahal: The Thomas Foster MemorialBelfountain Park: The Stamp Man's LegacyGuiding Light: Beautiful Point Abino LighthouseRockwood's PotholesThe Floating Mansions of LemonvilleAn Industrial Survivor: Toronto's Gooderham and Worts Distillery DistrictOde to Joy: The Last Joy Gas StationA Utilitarian Beauty: The R.C. Harris Filtration PlantA Touch of Holland: The Bayfield WindmillCarved in Stone: The Apple Park Farm StatuesThe Hole in the Hill: The Strange Story of the Eugenia ArchesPoint Pelee: Where Canada BeginsThe Telltale Grave: The Donnelly TombstoneGoing Aroundin Circles: Goderich's Eight-Sided Main StreetThe Log Castle on White Otter LakeGrand Canyon North: Ouimet CanyonCobalt's Boom-Town LegacyThe Algoma Central: A Train Ride from the PastThe White Crests of KillarneySudbury's Little ItalyStonehenge Ontario?The Ruins of St. RaphaelOntario's Smallest FerryThe Lake on the MountainThe Dune that Ate a TownWaterway from the Past: The Rideau CanalThe Teaching Rocks: Peterborough's PetroglyphsBoats in the Air: The Kirkfield Lift LockBoats on Rails: The Big Chute Marine RailwayOntario's Black Gold: The Petrolia DiscoveryWest Montrose: The Last Covered BridgeParis Plains Stone ChurchThe Chettenham Badlands: Ontario's Painted DesertSloman's School Car: The Schoolhouse that Rode the RailsFort Mississauga: The Forgotten FortThe Canal that Never Saw Water: Newmarket's Ghost CanalTemple of Light: The Sharon TempleThe Dutch Chapel: The Pillars of the Scarborough BluffsToronto Islands's Haunted LighthouseThose Perplexing Pukaskwa PitsThe Strange Serpent Mound of Rice LakeThe Southwold Earthworks: A Pre-European-Contact Village SiteOjibway: The Case of the Missing TownA Horse Palace: The Casa Loma StablesThe Yorkville Rock and Other Strange ParksPerfect Purification: The Elevated Wetlands of the Don ValleyLast of a Kind: Blair's Sheave TowerKitchener's Pioneer Tower: Cultural CooperationEmo's Unusual Norlund ChapelThe Cryptic Gravestone of Rushes CemeteryMonument to Murder: Massacre at Reesor SidingThe Sudden Splendour of the Elora GorgeFossil Hunters' Fantasy: The Rock Glen GorgeAlgonquin Park's Incredible Barron CanyonThe Hell Holes of Eastern OntanoThe Lake with No Waves: The Strange Story of Crawford LakeOntario's Southern PrairieThe Big Sand Pile: Houghton's Sand HillThe Torrance Barrens: ScaryA City for the Birds: Picton's Birdhouse CityMarkham Heritage Estates: A Suburb of Last ResortA Green SudburyClimbing Neptune's Staircase: The Welland Canals of St. CatharinesMarmora's Big HoleJames Bond and the Secret of Camp XThe Magical Cyprus Lake GrottoSize Matters: The Battle Over the Country's Smallest JailEight Sides to a House: Woodchester VillaPakenham's Stone Arch Bridge: North America's LongestOntario's Worst Roads: The Forgotten Corduroy TrailsThe Smallest Union Station The Feeling of Being Watched: Toronto's Old City Hall GargoylesKapuskasing: A Planned Town in the Northern BushThe Mud Church of Shanty BayThe Guild Inn's Garden of RuinsA Legacy in Log: The Madill Church3-D-ception: The Trompe l'Oeil Murals of Castle KilbrideTemagami's Tall PinesTiny Town: Toronto's Smallest HousesDepot Harbour: A Ghost Town Worth VisitingThe Return of Muskoka's Portage Flyer: The World's Shortest RailwayThe Levee RoadIndex
\ Muskoka TodayBrown's books are always interesting and bring to mind adventures.\ — Lois Cooper\ \ \ \ \ The Toronto SunFew people know more about Ontario's oddities than Toronto-based author Ron Brown... [and] they're almost all here\ — Diane Slawych\ \ \ Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal[Brown's] efforts to celebrate Ontario's past and present wonders will attract a new generation of readers and travellers.\ — Linda Turk\ \ \ \ \ Northern LifeMost locations are easy to reach from Ontario's major population centres, and a few are for more adventurous explorers.\ \ \ \ \ \ Shelf LifeA great gift for the traveller who wants to see impressive sights close to home.\ — Joan Sutter\ \ \ \ \ Toronto SunFew people know more about Ontario's oddities than Toronto-based author Ron Brown.... They're all here in this new revised edition.\ — Diane Slawych\ \ \ \ \ The Ottawa Citizen[For] travellers who want to stay close to home but still enjoy an adventure.\ — Canwest wire story\ \ \ \ \ Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay)[Brown] has the gift of finding lots of things interesting and of them being able to write beautifully about those things.\ — Linda Turk\ \ \ \ \ Muskoka Today\ - Lois Cooper\ Brown's books are always interesting and bring to mind adventures.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Toronto Sun\ - Diane Slawych\ Few people know more about Ontario's oddities than Toronto-based author Ron Brown.... They're all here in this new revised edition.\ \ \ \ \ \ Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal\ - Linda Turk\ [Brown] has the gift of finding lots of things interesting and of them being able to write beautifully about those things.\ \ \ \ \ \ Shelf Life\ - Joan Sutter\ With 100 places to see, along with facts, figures, and photos, this would definitely offer a great gift for the traveller who wants to see impressive sights close to home.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Sun Times (Owen Sound, ON)\ - Andrew Armitage\ [Brown] collects the very best trips from the most unexpected and surprising sights in the province.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Ottawa Citizen\ - Canwest wire story\ [For] travellers who want to stay close to home but still enjoy an adventure.\ \ \
