TRAIN STOP

Trains no longer stop in MacTier but it owes its existance to the railroads. Formerly known as Muskoka Station, the village once played a vital role as a switching station, due to its location halfway between Sudbury and Toronto. I like how their village mural extends low enough to the ground to include the bushes in the picture.

TINTANIC

I was amused by the name of this boat at first, and found it ironic when I noticed the ice off its starboard bow. Three years after the real Titanic sank, Port Sandfield was home to the invention of the Dippy, a wooden boat specially designed that its propellor retracts automatically if it should accidently run into an underwater hazard.

CHURCH CONGREGATION

When I was photographing Christ Church at Gregory, I was attracted to their dock with its pattern of knots and colour of the weathered wood. Countless leaves were wedged between the rows of planks and resembled the congregation sitting in the pews.

END OF THE ROAD

Will this be the end of the road for this 1942 Dodge Tandem truck, or is it waiting to be discovered and lovingly restored by a collector? In the meantime it continues to rest and rust at the end of Butter & Egg Road, near Bardsville. I loved how the palette of colours from the truck matched the surrounding fall foliage.

BOOKENDS

While exploring the area over different days I captured these two pictures and found them remarkably similar, and the reason behind their title. The top is Madill Church, near Huntsville, and the bottom the Seguin Township Museum, near Humphrey, both examples of the few remaining squared, white pine buildings with dovetailed corners.