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Queenston Mine

Abandoned Mine in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario

Feb 24 2013

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Exact mine entrance, with limestone boulder line and hiker fire pit. Watch for both of the latter, as it is the easiest way to know that you are in the right area.
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Dual entrances to the mine as seen from the hiking trail. Despite how prominent these look, they are easy to miss!
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The mine entrance being examined by my 11-year old son. This entrance is safe enough that the school board once took trips here as part of an outdoor education program.
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Most of the main floor is permanently flooded. The side passage on the left is bone-dry and remains that way all year.
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Inside one of the dry passages.
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Other, more serious (and better prepared) explorers examining the rear reaches of the mine.
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Textbook white nose syndrome (WNS) effects: bats wake up in mid-hibernation and lose footing, falling from their roosts. Too lethargic to move with no group body heat, they freeze to death.
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Ice stalagmites make for interesting sights throughout the passages.
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Main mine chamber photographed with high flash and heavily enhanced contrast.
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