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I seen this house for a long time and passed it alot. You can take photos of this house.
I think its an Italian Villa and it was built in 1889 by the McNairs.
Now no one lives in it at this time but there a some stuff out there
like shopping carts and toys,etc. Its one of the oldest houses of
trenton and it looks like it is haunted but there were a few hauntings
since 1900.
Photo:
Posted : 21/03/2007 8:18 pm
Those ghosts must like satelite TV. There are 4 dishes mounted on the house.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 21/03/2007 9:02 pm
It looks like it would be beautiful if it was fully restored.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 21/03/2007 10:22 pm
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The Ghosts last haunt was in 1949. People were living there last year when there was full of cars but there seems to nobody at this time.
It should be fully restored because this such a rare house. I searched through lots of cities in ontario and have not
found one like this one. There is more houses.
It would be funny ghosts having satalite tv. But I heared there is some people working on the house when I found out
today. Its just workers in house right now. I think is an apartment now.
Hope you really liked it. Do you have any exotic old houses? or just normal old ones?
Posted : 22/03/2007 6:53 am
We have some nice houses that date from 1900-1910 that are not out in Fort Edmonton Park. Nothing that fancy.
Grande Prairie's first school c. 1915 had it's roof collapse under the snow load 2 days ago. It was similar in construction to the McNair house. Luckily one of the first people there noticed a crack in the wall and made sure that everyone got out and stayed out. It was used as an art school and gallery. Normally 30-50 children are in the basement each school day.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 22/03/2007 11:08 am
The Bastion in downtown Nanaimo (Vancouver Isl.)
The HBC built the Bastion in 1853 after transferring its coal operations from Fort Rupert to Nanaimo. HBC had a contract to supply coal to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and needed a substantial deposit to rely on, which the Nanaimo area provided.
The three-storey octagonal fort was constructed by two Quebecois axemen with the assistance of First Nations workers using hand-hewn logs fitted together without nails. The original roof was covered with cedar bark and the walls were painted with lime made from crushed clamshells.
Here it stands taken from a pic in 1954, 101 years after it was built. Today it looks the same.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 22/03/2007 12:24 pm
Cool building.
We will have to make a point of seeing it when we get over to the Island.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 22/03/2007 4:11 pm
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Thats cool old building you got there barrie 😀
I thought BC had mostly new buildings becuase the canadian explores got there
last?
We have similer photos of what you got but right now I have mount pelon photos.Take a look 😀
Trenton 1945.
Trenton March 22,2007
Posted : 23/03/2007 6:58 am
We have a few here... http://www.nps.gov/fosu/ & http://www.funbeaches.com/Sulliva n's-Island.html 
Posted : 23/03/2007 9:19 pm
History aways captivates me. I just finished watching a program about a Canadian WWII bomber pilot who died at age 26 during the bombing raids of Berlin. His son was narating and documenting his fathers career in the air force and the show finally concluded with him sitting down with the German fighter pilot that shot his father down in 1944. You could tell from the feelings conveyed during that interview, no one was at ease with the outcome and there no winners or losers.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 24/03/2007 2:27 am
