This house was owned by John Patrick Sheridan. Mr. Sheridan graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in geophysical engineering. He became a prospector and mine developer in Northern Ontario & Quebec during the 1950s. In 1956 he formed his own consulting firm named Sheridan Geophysics. He would go on to develop several copper, nickel and gold mines.John met his future wife Marjorie on a blind date in Toronto. The couple married in 1958 in the mining town of Kirkland Lake where Marjorie worked at the Teck Hughes Mine.Some of Mr. Sheridan’s stakes were failures, while others paid…

This old house is next to another abandoned property. Inside you’ll find the customary newel post staircase as was common back in the days when craftsmanship went into home building, peeling paint and general decay. It appears to have been in disuse since at least 2012 or perhaps used as a seasonal property.While exploring this location, we were met with a neighbour who advised us that the property was private property. We left shortly thereafter. The photos will have some noise in them as my camera settings were incorrect.

Properties like this are more likely to be in-between owners than completely abandoned. During our exploration back in 2016, I didn’t feel like this had much photogenic value given its modern look. When I looked on Stree View for 2021, there’s a truck in the driveway. Perhaps this property is lived in once more.Highway 124

This is a rural farm property with sheds and barns located in Stayner, Ontario. There’s a workshop with old wood-working tools. The crops are used for growing corn. And there’s a horse-drawn carriage in the barn!Someone may have been staying here at one point in time as seen by footprints in the dust, cans of soup in the kitchen and a futon.

I’ve known about this house for a while now and finally decided to give it a visit one rainy morning. I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to gain access once I saw fresh plywood on a patio door and tire tracks in the driveway. Fortunately a door was open. Nothing really stood out to me as being interesting. There were several consumed cans of beer, a few shotgun shells. The basement was flooded a few feet. Midway through my visit, I started to cough. My throat began to burn. By the time I walked out the door, my eyes…

Located in Southern Ontario, this luxurious mansion was once owned by a couple who worked in the legal business. The husband sits as a member of the Board of Director’s for the Law Society of Upper Canada. The wife was an Appeals Court Judge until her retirement in 2018. The property can be found along a quiet road filled with expensive homes. The mansion features an indoor pool, parking garage, two entry gates, 5 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. The house is not abandoned by any means and has been on the market for approximately two years.  

This house was located in prime real estate area of London, Ontario. It also happened to be situated in swampy area with it’s own little body of water in the back yard.The property has been heavily trashed and there’s black mold on the walls, given the lack of windows and humidity. The back yard has deer feeding in the grass.The last occupants were Henk and Frederica Kaak who died in 1996 and 2008 respectively.The house is now demolished.

A rural house in Halton Hills, Ontario dangerously on the verge of collapsing.It held a collection of elegant old couches.The house was demolished in November of 2012.

An old brick farm house which was at the intersections of highways 89 and 10 in Mulmur, Ontario. I’m sure the house has been demolished by now. Photos taken in 2014.

This farm house sits down a long overgrown driveway in Guelph Eramosa. At the time of my visit here, the rotary telephone worked (dial tone) as did the hydro. In fact during one explorer’s visit, another explorer called him on the number listed on the telephone – scaring the explorer inside the house.This house was a true gem. It had several old antiques including an old record player, dresser, antique handheld mirrors to name just a few things. There were old school books that would have belonged to a young child.Over time of course, things disappeared… starting with the handheld…