Highland Inn Remains

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Location Owner:ground state
Creation Date: 3/8/2014
Last Updated: 8/3/2015

Description

The Highland Inn (1908 - 1957) was the famous resort hotel built and operated by the Grand Trunk Railway in Algonquin Provincial Park. With trains running practically to its front door, and easy connections from Toronto and Ottawa, the Highland Inn is credited with introducing much of the rich upper class to the beauty of Ontario's northern wilderness.

In 1954, a new policy for Algonquin Park was announced that was designed to return the park to its original condition. As part of that policy, the Highland Inn was purchased by the Ontario Government in 1956. In the following year, it was dismantled and burned.

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Status: Abandoned
Category: Motel/Hotel

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Highland Inn Ruins

Created on:8/3/2015
Created by: elkiman
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Algonquin History

Created on:11/9/2014
Created by: timo explorer
14 photos

elkiman says: 8/3/2015 11:28:44 PM
Wow, just visited this site and took lots of photos thinking I was going to be the first to post them here. Congrats on beating me to it!

quiksilver says: 3/9/2014 11:26:29 PM
Awesome work again GS.

superss says: 3/8/2014 10:47:31 PM
Always like to find out about the history as I look at the pictures.

timo explorer says: 3/8/2014 9:07:40 PM
Outstanding GS.

clay70 says: 3/8/2014 7:13:42 PM
love them foundations, hydrant and more in the middle of the forest...

DARKMAN says: 3/8/2014 6:43:25 PM
Awesome sir.

TalkingWallsPhotography says: 3/8/2014 11:46:23 AM
You're getting awfully close to my backyard mister. I've always fantasized about finding a long lost resort in the woods, the kind with a stone fireplace in the middle of a large dining room. Then I think, if one ever existed it wouldn't be long lost - only trashed. Oh man, if only I'd been alive and exploring in 1956.

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