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Al Capone Cottage- Quadeville
Located in: Renfrew County
Location #1884
Public 		Location Owner: clay70
Creation Date: 8/21/2010
Last Updated: 8/7/2012

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Description
Al Capone, the infamous criminal, needed refuge from the law and so he had cottages in far out places built around Canada and the USA. One of these locations was 2 kms north of the village of Quadeville on the Letterkenny Rd, south of the ghost town of Letterkenny.

He and his gang did hang out here for some time in the early 1940's. Old folks from Quadeville have told stories about seeing him around town.

The large cottage has many rooms and from these rooms 3 underground tunnels were dug so that if the law showed up they could make their escape back into the bush. These have since collapsed I am told, but u can see the basement shots of the shafts in bluenorth's photos.

Lumber was supplied by a local man who was never paid. One day he decided to drive 1000's of miles down to the USA and confront Capone's gang to get his money. Someone there simply told him that if he valued his life he had better go home. He did!!

Inside the cottage one room has strange remains of what looks like a torture chamber set-up of some kind. There is actually more than just the cottage on this property. There is also a strange wooden structure to the right in the forest that looks like it was part of the tunnel system or may have been a moonshine distillery.

Also included here are 2 photos of the abandoned hotels/taverns in Quadeville and the DIRTY car!!


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Status: Abandoned
Category: House or Farm

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08/07/12

Created on:8/7/2012
Created by: Ian85
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Al's place

Created on:8/20/2011
Created by: timo explorer
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Created on:9/15/2010
Created by: clay70
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bluenorth's pics

Created on:9/9/2010
Created by: clay70
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Was Capone dirty as this car?

Created on:8/21/2010
Created by: clay70
18 photos


COMMENTS
jon says:
4/14/2013 1:07:01 AM
To access this place, is it a long narrow driveway that runs upwards turning right as your going up?
D Explore says:
12/7/2012 7:57:45 PM
This is a great piece of history. Not too far from my cottage either. Will hit it up in the spring:)
trailpro says:
8/8/2012 12:49:55 AM
Cool place....the infamous cabin
Ian85 says:
8/7/2012 12:38:22 AM
Visited this place today. There was a couple there taking pictures. Highly vandalised.
Mydea says:
3/30/2012 2:41:18 AM
What a great find Clay, I had no idea this place existed! Thanks for providing some in-depth history!
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