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Exploring and Sleeping Overnight at an Abandoned Resort in Northern Ontario
This abandoned resort in Northern Ontario was sent to me by a guy who has followed me for some time and always sends me the interesting places he passes on his frequent travels.
This one, he sent me around the spring/early summer of 2020, located up in Northern Ontario this would make a perfect stop on one of my long summer road trips for astrophotography and exploring.
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I set this location as the destination for my first of three nights out shooting a summer meteor shower. After a very long drive, I finally arrived to find the entire area was like a ghost town. The COVID-19 pandemic had killed off all hopes of tourism and there was literally nothing to do there.
I have no idea when this resort opened, but I know it was long before the pandemic, it did seem as though there was once an attempt to replace the roof and do some grounds work, but that all had been stopped.
Happy to find myself at such a remote location I spent hours exploring the abandoned resort, then while I waited for night to set in I headed off to find a good vantage point to enjoy the sunset, I found an old unused park and boat ramp to set up my hammock, start shooting timelapse and enjoy some cold beers under the sky.
Once it got dark I made my way back to the resort with my pillows, sleeping bags, camera gear, food and beer and I settled in for a long, dark and quiet night shooting the meteor shower that would be lighting up the skies on this weekend.
My bed was made, my beers were cold and the sky was alive with stars, meteors, shooting stars and more, there was little to no light pollution being so remote and north and the footage I got that night was amazing.
Then, finally at some point in the night it was time to turn in and head to sleep as the one and only guest in this old abandoned northern Ontario resort!
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what is up guys welcome back to the next
free photography abandoned resort
adventure guys today i am in an
abandoned
roadside highway resort some guy who
follows my stuff he often sends me
locations that he drives by on his
travels
and he sent me this one said i should
come by and check this one out and guys
when i checked it out online
i was like wow man i gotta check this
place out so here i am
been here for a while just making sure
the coast is clear i don't think there's
any squatters i feel pretty safe at this
point so
i'm gonna go on and do this explore guys
so uh
you guys are gonna like this one pretty
cool stuff to see
very unique very good location so you
guys cue the music
cue the intro see you guys on the flip
side
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so here's the door that you would walk
in
turn yourself around and you've got some
stairs that lead up
to your reception area here we've got
some interesting old retro chairs
and there are some tools laying around
not really sure what's going on with all
these tools and all these things laying
around here
but uh looks like it quite possibly has
been here for a while
so that's a good sign if you take a look
right here we will get a quick what is
up guys in this mirror
so oh yeah there's a bicycle right here
too
but the tires are pretty flat so maybe
it's been here for a while
let's take a walk up the stairs here
and here is waiting area
in your reception lobby you got stairs
that go up there to an outside patio
you've got a wheelchair accessible ramp
here to go up there as well
here is your check-in area
got a tv here
here they've got a yoga studio check it
out
if i can open the door let's see here
oh i can't get the door open to the yoga
studio guys
that's weird anyways there's the yoga
studio
then here's some kind of an office maybe
got some golf carts there and you've got
some camping chairs
it's in here guys
tapes
okay guys i'd use my other hand to open
this up and take a look but there are
just a number of cassette tapes in here
there's some vinyl records in there
cassette tapes
some movies and then you got some more
tapes here you've got the ramones
and you've got devo
yes okay a number of uh
cassettes to check out there
move our way on in here
is behind the main reception desk
not much going on here we do have some
uh
some chess boards some checkers
some nice ambient music to have on in
the background while you're checking
people in
printer that
is about it what's in here
remote control
and there's cash box in there got some
keys
all right
if you head back inside here you've got
a staff
area and storage a whole bunch of
newspapers
and some some screws and nuts and bolts
and stuff
there's a mirror there for a quick what
is up guys sorry you can't see me with
the reflection guys
some sinks
and then there's just a bunch of uh
souvenirs and stuff
that you can buy chopsticks and rain
poncho
a canada eraser the volleyball down
there
all kinds of stuff guys
oh and they have these things here i
wonder if i can spell what is up guys
with these things somewhere later on
we'll check that out a little bit later
okay
let's keep moving on guys
here is the office
you have an old computer here
monitor printer
speakers you've got some modems a hat
all kinds of cable
there's a number of movies there
and then just a bunch of other stuff in
in these uh there's some remote controls
in there
got some some brochures
okay so guys what this is as you can see
this is a hotel resort
so on the right hand side as you check
in and now we're going towards floor one
of two
of the roofs now there is room 1-24 down
this hallway
and now it's weird because
some of the rooms are full of stuff like
this room
various mattresses
chairs
tables lamps
and then some rooms are totally empty so
we'll see as we go through guys
what i'm talking about
sup guys it's like over here
this room's totally empty
totally empty guys this one doesn't even
have a balcony here's the back
it's built on a bit of a ravine here
and i was in the basement earlier and
the building is actually built on on
rock
and anchored into rocks in the ground
room four is another empty room guys
now i'm not gonna go into every single
room because that would just be
ridiculous
but there's a look at this pool there's
an outdoor pool there
certainly not very nice guys not a very
nice pool
and as we progress on this room across
the hallway here
is full of mattresses
see it's very strange guys they've
stacked stuff
in certain rooms
and made other rooms empty
so i will not go in every single room
but i'll show you some of them
there is a room upstairs that it looks
like somebody might have
been squatting maybe still
i can't really tell there's a calendar
in there from 2018
and there's some clothes in there so
we're gonna have to see guys
got some cobwebs are all over my head
right now
some nice photos on the wall there
another room
check out this chair check out that
chair
so we're at the halfway point and there
is a uh
storage room here and laundry room
garbage bags there
dryer laundry sink
lift you guys up and around
and we'll head back up
it is kind of nice walking through some
of these rooms with the doors open
because it is really hot and sweaty and
sticky
and gross guys
so it's nice when you walk by a room
with the windows open and you get a
breeze
some linens in here
check out these beautiful curtains guys
so
so this room is somewhat still put
together
with just the way it should be you've
got uh your two beds
bible in a phone book
now i will tell you guys what is up guys
sometimes you guys ask me if i'm nervous
in these places so i
do not know what the situation is here
or who i'm gonna run into
so i did find myself a golf club and i'm
carrying it around with me
just for my own safety let's hope i
don't need to use it
but you never know who or what is going
to jump out
in some kind of in a place like this
even though i'm in the middle of nowhere
far far away from home you still never
know guys
okay so now we're at the end of hallway
number one
now we'll go up and we'll check out
second floor
of rooms like i said earlier guys there
is a room up here that looks like
somebody may have been
or maybe squatting so i'm hoping i'm
loud enough that if they're hiding
somewhere
they know i'm coming
nice long hallway guys
another room there
bit warmer up here on this floor guys
looks like somebody made a fort out of
mattresses
fun
this room here still pretty much made up
linens have been removed but the
comforters are still on top this room
has a patio or a balcony to go outside
not much of a view
it's a single bedroom still made
get your up here
your bed
and a quick little what is up guys
this room's got a vacuum in it
telephone
tv
linens room here cleaning supplies
laundry
bunch of tvs in this room
not much going on in this room guys
i think the next room is the one i was
telling you about that somebody was
living in
no not that one it's this one
yeah this is it
hello
so this room guys some strange things
there's some water
whatever that is there's a toothbrush
kit
there's some incense
some clothes hanging
and in the bathroom well not much
some paint
but then you come around here and you've
got in the
in the fridge you've got some booze
triple sec and some other stuff
this calendar here is from 2018
pair of pants hanging right here
and then put here on the balcony
but there ain't nobody home guys so
i don't know
the hands are all see yeah there's
clothes folded
in there linens in there
so i'm not too sure what to make of that
guys if maybe somebody's coming gonna
come home later
or what just hope they know that i'm of
no
damage or of no uh threat to this person
if they're here
and if they're listening everything's
okay
guys
here we've got some tinfoil
and glasses
a bottle of amaretto and a bottle of
forty creek
ice cream
a bunch of random stuff on this table
here
utility room
room 26b
weird
who stacks a mattress like that
and i'm gonna guess this is 26a
yep
make our way back down to the lobby now
okay guys i'm sweating buckets i gotta
take a break have some gatorade
fuel up and get myself ready for the
next half of this abandoned
resort because from where we are right
now
there's another whole half over there
which is the banquet hall
and uh recreation area where they would
have weddings
and events so we've covered off the
lobby
we've covered off two different floors
and rooms so now i'm gonna take a break
i'm gonna take a drink of water gonna
change my batteries
then we're gonna go over there and check
it out so you guys wait here i'll be
right
back okay guys here we go we're gonna
head up the wheelchair ramp
then there's the wheelchair it's always
good to have a wheelchair
head on into this hallway and this
hallway
takes us to the banquet hall
and the events area guys
lots of cool stuff in here got table
tennis
foosball
a couple of pool tables one pool table i
should say
ping pong table and an
organ ping pong ball
fireplace all kinds of linens
pool table's been ripped that's a shame
let's take a pan around from the end
around and show you guys
all kinds of linens in here
it's a piano over here
see how she sounds guys
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sounds good guys dead flowers
sorry fake flowers
and here is the banquet hall guys
show you over here we got quite a bit of
water damage coming in from the ceiling
over here
look up right here guys a lot of water
coming in from the roof
down the ceiling got this beautiful
sitting area with that gorgeous piece of
art hanging right there
a few chairs and some fake fake flowers
there
so here is your serving area
to get your food guys
wonder what was the last thing that they
served here
and then here's the bar
still got a beer mug hanging out right
there let's go see what's up behind the
bar guys
not much everything's been cleared out
there's no uh
beer left laying around
no
got some glassware still there's a
mirror what's up guys
check this out we've got a shot
shot glass chess game going on here
lots of tables
here's where you get your toast ready
guys here's the toast station
um
all right head back here behind the
serving area
we got here best of broadway
the reigns
a bunch of drink menus there
straws
head back and see what's up in the
kitchen guys what do you think
that probably just goes outside let's go
have a look see here
yep this just takes us outside guys
okay thank god for my loom cube guys
because this kitchen is
dark so the loom cube light here is
lighting her up for us so we can see
certainly smells like a kitchen smells
very greasy back here
if you walk in fridge it's empty that's
good
all kinds of uh plates left behind
and glassware and bowls
here's where the dishwasher hangs out
it's in here
storage room bathroom
more storage
now let's head down to the dark dingy
basement
see what's down here guys
now like i said this facility is
actually
built on a bed on a rock bed so if you
look right here
this is actually the outside
that the building is anchored into so
there's a bunch of rock there
and we'll see more of that as we go as
we go through here
down a few more steps
into like a utility room
right there you've got some more of the
rock
built around the building is built
around the rock
some bingo cards there
and then we go in here which is like
another large storage room but again
built around the rocks so the inside is
built around the rocks that were outside
motel art
yeah let's see here
just tools and miscellaneous equipment
back here
paint
and there's just more storage all back
there
okay
guys if you can see it there's a deer
right there
oh he just ran away before i could get a
picture of him i was gonna send my wife
a picture
but he ran off on me came outside to
take a look outside guys so i'll show
you what's going on out here
stairs here are very rickety
that's a view around the back okay guys
so i found this
strange little section of the hotel with
just like
two or three little rooms almost like
it's just like for staff rooms and stuff
so
i'll show you there's the door right
here that goes outside
and then as i turn around well
you got a bathroom over there fancy
couch right here
come on in there's a very small room
with a single bed
right there
nothing in there
and then you head on through here and
then you've got another room
with a double bed all kinds of mouse
poop and stuff on it not very nice
you got a dresser mirror with a what is
up guys
nice look outside there another mirror
now check this out there's this really
strange door
that opens into this little crevice here
watch this
hold on
now on the floor here you have the
ground and the dirt
you've got a hole here that goes in
a hole that goes in underneath the hotel
built within the rock
that's a weird polaroid something or
other there
so all this rock here that the hotel is
built around and then it goes back
through there into even more of that
which is really strange it's like
just like this strange little there's
even lights up there
super weird guys okay guys
i got a question to ask of you
should i spend the night here i was just
gonna explore this place and then leave
and go somewhere else for the night
but i'm wondering should i stay here
tonight
what do you guys think drop me a comment
down below right now
if you guys think i should stay here for
the night spend the night
film some dark scary haunted hotel
evening footage
while i'm here i'm also here to check
out uh a meteor shower
my main purpose of this of this trip
that i'm on right now is to come out and
do some astrophotography but since i'm
out i'm gonna do some exploring so guys
tell me what do you think should i spend
the night here or not
hit in the comments down below tell me
what you think
and i will be back with the results
what's up guys okay it's night time
it's really bright light
i asked you guys if you wanted me to
sleep in here tonight
and you said yes so just to show you
that it's night time here we go
going towards a window here there's no
light coming in guys
all right turn off my light here and you
can see
it's very dark
so looks like we're spending the night
in the hotel guys
it's your idea not mine so i'll show you
my room
where i'm probably gonna set up my bed
and sleep later on
pretty sure we picked this one right
here guys we're gonna hunker down here
that's where we're gonna sleep tonight
guys put my bed down
and that's it so i'm gonna get myself
comfy and we'll go take a walk around a
little bit
see you guys in a bit okay guys i
changed my mind a bit instead of this
room
i want to use a room that has curtains
and a mattress
so
i picked this room guys room number 14
and i pulled all the other mattresses
off of this one it looks like a good
clean mattress
and i put my blankets on there so this
is where i'm gonna sleep tonight guys
okay okay okay guys
so we're just gonna do a little walk
around here
okay it's night time i told you guys i
would do this
take a walk through the hotel resort
in the dark
pretty dark guys
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okay guys that's gonna wrap this one up
it's been an overnight
uh overnight sleepover in this abandoned
resort i'm very tired i was up super
late last night
shooting time lapse video of the stars
and of the uh meteor shower for a future
time lapse video so
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check out that time lapse video when uh
when i post it pretty tired i was up
really late and i woke up really early
it's about seven o'clock in the morning
you can probably see it in my face and
hear it in my voice and i'm tired
i had a crappy sleep i gotta go brush my
teeth get some coffee splash water on my
face and get on with the rest of the day
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