Revisit to one of Ontario's classic rurex locations with a crappy old compact point & shoot and intentions to only look for small details. Highlights included the discovery of an antique Takouba from the Lees' days as missionaries in Africa.



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I have to say this is stunning, just truly gorgeous photography GS! Definitely worth the extra time taken for a stealthy approach. That last photo is to die for...actually I can't pick a fave.

Well done!

nicely done

stellar set here. incredible details you captured.

Very nice work here GS, nice to see a different take on these places.


But what's this stealthy approach, I remember this place being in the middle of nowhere!!

Excellent. Absolutely inspired me to plan a return visit asap. Very well done my friend.

Phrenzee, thetrainguru, msgsudz - thanks!

Posted by rockandrollfreak But what's this stealthy approach, I remember this place being in the middle of nowhere!!

Wellll... yes and no. The driveway is gated now, which leaves only the boulevard at the side of the highway. And there are enough neighbours that any new vehicle in this vicinity is obviously only at one spot. And there have been some police run-ins here with explorers in the last year. I went here with the intention of making a much slower, relaxed examination and hiked in from quite a distance away. It was worth it! We spent over 2 hours here, absolutely zero stress.

Posted by jerm IX Absolutely inspired me to plan a return visit asap. Very well done my friend.

To anyone else going here, hindsight is 20/20 saying this, but:..... Lee was a fanatic archivist. That's completely obvious from the scores and scores of voice recordings everywhere. He meticulously documented everything. And with that said, don't miss the opportunity to look behind EVERYTHING in the house. Portraits, furniture, etc. etc. He wrote full details on the back of everything. Especially the portraits. Every historical detail is documented in wonderful, old-style scrawl.

Someone has to grab those cassette tapes and reel to reels and archive them into digital format.

Titles such as "Voices of people talking at the post office" and "Mr. Talbot watching me" would be fantastic to listen to if only to try to understand what was going through Gordon's mind.

Tapes would be returned to house of course. Given the awesomeness and bizarreness of the house, the audio and video (photos) content should be (imo) archived before the day comes that the house is nothing but a pile of wood.

Makes you wonder who put up the gate and who contacted the OPP (the officer said "the owner" called) on a certain explorer. Is Gordon still alive?

Aw, this place was so cool. Sad to hear it's now known by the OPP and neighbors (or owners..?) will call if you're seen around. It used to be quite the gem. Oh well, it's been documented a dozen or so times before.

Each new set seems to reveal something new about the place. I would've loved to have had more time to go through all those slides... There was some pretty cool stuff on some of 'em!

Great stuff, thank you!

Here's my little contribution to this thread. While Ground State was off on his wicked macro mission, I had one of my own. On a previous visit, GS had made some disturbing discoveries; photos of dead animals pasted with care onto bristol board and in albums, and of course, the bizarre cryptic messages painted on walls and items for someone to find. Mr. Lee was thought to be a psycho at best, and a serial "something" at worst.

Given Mr.Lee's penchant for inscribing everything, I had a feeling there might be something written on the backs of his photos which might offer some insight. I was not to be disappointed, and in the process of digging, perhaps I can offer some vindication for him and his all-consuming obsessive tendencies. Maybe even...he was not so different from us. Then again...




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Great pictures, both of you! Those captions are a neat find.

Very fun post. You both got some great shots or shots of shots. The details in what he wrote were fantastic.

GS that is some of your best stuff ever.