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Nice to see this posted and get some recognition. With modular builds and prefab homes getting a lot of attention lately, it's too bad this trailblazer model doesn't get the chance to be enshrined like it deserves. Obviously seen some better days, but oh well.

Essentially it's a short distance behind the house at the end of the street on the western side, nestled in the wooded area by the road to the Humber boat launch.

I was totally wrong in my previous comment. I used a new aerial search tool and saw that this marsh factory does INDEED exist, albeit the location marker shows that its in the wrong spot, its not east of the road. I visited the site earlier in the month and I was at a loss for words, seeing it was like taking a step back in history. It was more dilapidated than shown here, but still standing. The well and fireplace were also intact. I'm very glad I was able to see this structure with my own eyes, you would be very hard pressed to find a similar site like this in the entire city. Kudos to the original poster for uploading this, such an interesting hidden gem.

Went to this site the other day to see if it was there or not. Ventured down in the valley and in an area closer to the hill there's a lot of old bricks among the leaves. One fractured piece in particular was curved, may have been part of the well that's pictured. It's likely this site collapsed one way or another and much of the remnants are strewn along the bottom and are half buried in the forest floor. Would have definitely been cool to see when it was intact, but I'm 99% sure it's gone.

That's an awesome find, crazy how these little shacks are tucked away in forested pockets of the city, only a few minutes away from dense urban streets. Wonder who built it and exactly how long ago. Too bad it was pulled down, stuff like that is encourages adventure and finding things out of the ordinary.

Great post. This place has been abandoned for years, surprised it hasn't been knocked down for a development. Was recently thinking about what it looked like on the inside, very spooky.

Dang, wonder how deep that reservoir goes, and how many similar ones are across the city.

I went to the Humber Tile factory, but only saw the collapsed shack. Is this is the larger building that's right near it? Was too apprehensive about approaching it since I thought it was still someones property or residence. Gotta revisit this maybe

Yeah, I went there about 6 months ago and it was definitely a bit worse than when I first saw it. Some of the stone formation around the kiln and fireplace had collapsed.still really neat to see.