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 dallas
      
Location: seattle
Gender: Female
So long and thanks for all the fish
 |  |  | Re: 7 Mile Island
<Reply # 1 on 8/22/2012 9:13 PM >
|  | | | When did u go? I just went and got royally yelled at by a man whom lives there now...
amazing wife to Narf. Don't look him up or ill cut you. |
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Skye_Ann
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Gender: Female
I seem to have Irritable Owl Syndrome...
| | | Re: 7 Mile Island
<Reply # 2 on 8/22/2012 11:22 PM >
| | | | Wtf.
Last I heard this property was bought and maintained by some crazy guy who boots everyone off the property... >.>
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L'Ali
Location: Clarington
Gender: Female
Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon
| | Re: 7 Mile Island
<Reply # 3 on 8/23/2012 1:19 AM >
| | | | A great place  .
We got a little history lesson from the caretaker when we were there earlier this year. I think he felt bad that we were there in the pouring rain or something. He told us the old caretaker didn't give a rats ass who came on the property, (the natives own the property currently is what we were told) and he said as a result there was damage that took place to some of the statues etc. I was half paying attention when he was talking.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
-- Alexander Smith
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Axle
 
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: 7 Mile Island
<Reply # 4 on 8/23/2012 10:20 AM >
| | | | Yeah, I also ran into the caretaker when I went and he just let me wander around and take photos but to just stay away from the two modern looking houses on the property as they were occupied.
As for the history...my piece after some extensive research online and through periodicals.
Records can trace the Seven Mile Island property on Lake Scugog back to the 1880s when it was known as Nonquon Island under the ownership of Albert C Stevens. Stevens operated a lone log cabin on the property which he rented out as a sportsman home, giving lodging to hunters and fishermen while then enjoyed the game on the lake. From the 1890s to the first decade of the 20th century the property changed hands many times before 1912 when it was purchased by Thomas Stinzel. Stinzel living in the log cabin began to further develop the property, building a new home on the site, which he gave the name Delmont Cottage to. By 1916 the property was a popular spot for both hunters and families who could enjoy the natural beauty, picnics, swimming and boating on the lake. Stinzel sold the property in 1919 to Alex Ross Wilson and his wife Mary; it was under the Wilson’s ownership that the property was transformed into the grand estate that it became known for through the rest of the 20th century. Delmont Cottage was expanded, a boat house with a dance hall on the second floor was built as was a swimming pool, a reflecting pool, and a tea house were also built. Wilson also installed a gate at the entrance of the property with stone pillars in the shape of cigars (Alex had made his money in the tobacco industry). The Wilson’s would also host garden parties for the local residents of Port Perry and Scugog. After the death of her husband in 1941, Mary sold the Seven Mile Island Property to the Harry Ely and his wife in 1943. When the Ely’s took possession of the property it was in a very overgrown state, but they cleaned it up, transforming Delmont Cottage into apartments for their family and friends to stay in during the summer. The property also hosted Camp Ely, a summer camp that was the brain child of Freda, the wife of Harry Ely. The cap was open to all the children in the region; the kids would enjoy swimming, crafts and games on the extensive property. But after the death of Harry, Freda would again sell the property in 1958 to Patrick Harrison. The Harrison’s would become the property’s first full time residents of the property. Patrick would also go on to put one million dollars into improvements, including the construction of two guest houses for his daughters and their families. In 1983 a holding corporation purchased the Seven Mile Island property and developed it to a resort, Delmont Cottage became a hotel, while the residences were converted into a restaurant and a rental unit. By 1984 the property was open again to the public who could enjoy the unique area, swimming, and boating once again. However the later years of the 20th century were not good to the property, two failed attempts at leasing the property ended up with it being left vacant by 1998 and up for sale. Vandals and the elements had reduced the grand property to a dilapidated state. The final attempt at reviving the property happened in 2002 when an artist group purchased the land, there is no indication where they are in reviving the property as of 2012.
Celer at Audax
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micaelus
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| | | Re: 7 Mile Island
<Reply # 5 on 8/23/2012 2:34 PM >
| | | | These were taken in June. We were fortunate in that nobody noticed our presence until we were about to leave, at which point a small family in a pickup truck gave us a lecture and told us to go. We apologized profusely and left, but when somebody asks you if are First Nations, you say "yes!"
http://www.youtube...atch?v=E4I4OCgVAv8
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