Hiking in the GTA - Vivian – Ghost Towns Of The GTA

I know a house in Ballantrae, Ontario, which must have been built by the same people who built this one, that house is an old shop just at the corner on Vivian. I used to live in Ballantrae but I've never been inside that house, or even closer than looking from the street. I wanted to. This house is a local treasure, to me at least. I found it on a card sold via Etsy today. It doesn't seem to say who the artist is, might be easier to see on a larger size. Or, I could ask the Real Estate Board. But, mainly, I like seeing the house drawn as it is now. Who knows how it will be in the future. Nothing lasts forever, but houses aren't always so lucky with being maintained. I hope this one stays lucky a long time.

Update about the image: I had a link to vintage cards produced by the York Region Real Estate Board for sale on Etsy. They featured a print of a hand-drawn sketch of buildings located in Ontario. The link is not working now, the shop is closed and I found the York Region Real Estate Board merged with Toronto and is no more. If I can find the image I made as a screenshot I will post it. Until then, I found a post from Hiking in the GTA about the other house, up the street.

Vintage Cards of Ontario Buildings Blank Interior With | Etsy Canada Keeping the link in case its useful in finding the image again.

Susan Demeter is a Canadian born author, artist, and witch. The themes of her writing, research and art incorporate a lifelong interest in exceptional human experiences, UFOs, nature, social history, mysteries, and magic.

Some Other Sphere podcast Episode 135 - Susan Demeter - Ghost Roads of Ontario

Susan talks about three roads in Ontario which each have haunted reputations: Mississauga’s Trail, Texas Road, and Buck Hill Road.

Susan Demeter - Paranormal Studies & Intuition

This is a proposed image of Mussie, the Muskrat Lake Monster, from 2010 in Ontario, Canada. However, when it was seen by a man named Donald Humphreys in 1968, it was given another name. When Humphreys witnessed the strange creature, he gave it the name Hapyxelor (sometimes spelled Hapaxelor). He had no reason for dubbing it with this unique name other than that it “popped into his head” when he saw it. Sightings describe Mussie as a number of things. Witnesses claim that Mussie could have any or all of the following features: two humps on its back, a large fin, a long neck, walrus-like tusks, and three eyes. One eye witness described it as having “three eyes, three ears, one big fin halfway down its back, two legs, [and] one big tooth in front, is silvery-green in colour, and stretches for twenty-four feet.” It was first seen in 1916 and sightings have lasted up until present years. At one point in the 90s, there was a CAN$1 million reward for Mussie’s capture as long as it was still alive.

A 2011 paper about cougar sightings and evidence in Ontario has this photo in it. Not much detail is given about the photo, but the author states that there were 51 credible “black cougar” or “black panther” sightings in the area between 1991 and 2010. Given the fact there never been a documented melanistic cougar, the author suggests these sightings are exotics, either jaguars or leopards. Link to the paper https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/.../1194/1187/4744

Igopogo is a creature that is said to reside in Lake Simcoe in Southern Ontario. This lake monster is said to resemble a “stove-pipe” and have a head that is similar shape to a canine. Eyewitnesses also claim that the creature is around 30 to 70 feet in length with numerous dorsal fins along its back. This photo is said to have been captured in 1976, however there is not much information out there about it.