Huron Natural Area Ruins

The ruins of a former building just off a path, located in the more Northwestern area of the park. It consists of mainly the remaining walls, remnants of toppled walls and a few rusty metal sheets lying in the dirt with a few types of bricks/blocks.

I have not been able to identify this building with certainty, although the person who originally found this location thinks that it is a barn. This may be, as the relative shape is correct, with the metal roof panels being the same as those commonly found on older barns. But besides that, there are several other things that dissuade me from being confident in this identification. The first oddity is that the foundation is not fieldstone like most barns, but concrete. Second, there are a few metal pieces inegrated into and actually a part of said concrete foundations. Due to this, I really am not sure what it is and I have had difficulty finding much, if anything about the area itself. Refer to the original poster's description for some additional information.

There are only a few obvious and simple risks about this place. The best way to get around is by balancing on the walls, which poses a risk of falling. There are also a few pieces of metal lying around. As is clear in the pictures, the ruins are very overgrown which makes it exceedingly difficult to navigate. Be warned though, as there is a plant present here which is like a smaller version of burs, which are very painful to pick off your legs especially if they get caught in any hair, the absoluely hysterical amount of mosquitos trying to suck you dry of your blood, and the many insects and spider webs all around. If you decide to go here, I would go on a snowless day in the winter, or at least when the plants and insects are out of season. Additionally, the maps of the forest are pretty bad and innacurate, with some of the paths being closed, offset, or nonexistent. Overall this was a horrendous experience though. I had less fun than when I biked to 30km out to Guelph just to have to go back when a farmer started to approach me on the property.