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Next flag stop: Furnace Falls

Unknown Ghost Town in Minden Hills, Ontario

Jun 30 2010

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The southern part of Furnace Falls was located on White Boundary Rd. 1.2 km in from County Rd. 503. This is the only building remaining in the open fields here.
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Downtown Furnace Falls.
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A creek that runs into the Irondale River is located just west of Furnace Falls. I wonder what year this bridge was built.
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The main falls on County Rd. 503 is now a picnic area but is not Furnace Falls proper.
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Footings of a building where White Boundary Rd. touches 503.
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7 kms in on White Boundary Rd. lies the eastern extent of Furnace Falls near the fork in the road to White Lake. Here is a well-kept, abandoned log farmhouse.
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This log barn is located on Rd. 503 just east of White Boundary Rd.
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Old home beside the barn.
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This old wooden shed is to the SW of the barn. The railway was located beside it and crossed the small creek just off to the right. I believe this was the village's shed flag stop that Ron Brown mentions in his books.
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Looking west along the old IB&OR railway bed. Notice the wood on the right side. This may have been part of the original tramway that existed a few yrs. prior to the railway being built to the Snowdon Iron Mine.
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Looking east along the old IB&OR railway bed. Another 3 kms will take you to the old Snowdon Iron Mine.

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