2018-01-25 00:13
~Hello Again Explorers,Another shot, right in the nostalgia for denizens and visitors to Barrie, Ontario. We are looking at the Barrie Shopping Plaza, Barrie's first major retail centr… Read More
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Urban Exploration Barrie explores abandonments and our recent past.
2016-06-01 00:59
Hello again Explorers,For today's post to the UrbEx Barrie blog, we cast our gaze to the south to King Township and more specifically, to former Eaton Estate. If you have been living i… Read More
2016-03-28 19:28
~Happy Monday Urban Explorers,We have yet another post on the history of Barrie, Ontario and if you have a thingy for public infrastructure or more specifically, transportation, then this ar… Read More
2016-03-06 16:37
~Happy Sunday Urban ExplorersHere is another post for Barrie history buffs. Specifically, we present two images, taken in approximately 1923-1924 on some street work in downtown Barrie… Read More
2016-02-26 00:46
~Hello again Explorers,Yes, we know it has been since July of 2012 since I last posted, but we got busy with other things, but want to tell you that we never hung up our flashlight and camer… Read More
2012-07-31 20:09
~Hello again explorers,We here at UrbEx Barrie need to get down to planning our autumn trips before the snow flies. The 'exploring' season is not over and we've just come back from a q… Read More
2012-07-23 13:18
~Hello again expolorers,Not really an Urb-Ex post today exploring a dusty abandonment but rather a summary of a trip to Mono Centre to explore the park and surrounding environs. Don't… Read More
2012-03-25 23:53
~Hello again UrbEx fans,Here's a little gem of an abandonment which had been slowly decaying almost right in our backyard. We've heard of it a few short years (actually 2008) back but due t… Read More
2012-03-24 22:07
~Hello again explorers,With the recent warm weather just ahead of the official start of spring, we headed out to revisit a nearby favourite abandonment of ours around the corner. This old f… Read More
2012-02-24 15:03
~Hello again explorers,Today we have another post regarding local Barrie history and the slow but certain changing streetscape of downtown. In a previous post of 'Then and Now', we took a b… Read More
2011-11-04 18:50
~In 1890, the town of Penetanguishene inaugurated a system of waterworks, and to pay for these public works projects, passed a By-law to raise $20,000. This was at the time an expensive ven… Read More
2011-07-19 19:45
~Hello again explorers, today, we have a rural exploration post from the small village of Monkton, Ontario, situated in Perth County.This sleepy hamlet located on the interesection of county… Read More
2011-05-29 16:11
Hello again UrbEx peeps,UrbEx Barrie had the wonderful opportunity to explore the former Midwestern Regional Centre in the middle of cow-country north of Listowell recently. As regular read… Read More
2011-04-26 18:57
~Hello again explorers,It's been a while since the last post, but do not fret - I have not yet hung up our flashlight or have decided to take pictures of flowers instead of dead, abandoned b… Read More
2010-11-16 18:56
~The Atherley Narrows which separate Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching is one of those Central Ontario locations steeped in history. Pre-historic fish weirs constructed here fed the local Mn… Read More
2010-08-23 15:24
~Hey all,We're back from a weekend touring the Niagara Wine region - wine, cheese, and . . . accidentally getting lost on Winery tours -Loads of fairly nifty process and piping images were… Read More
2010-06-22 13:19
~Hey ya folks,It's been a while but we've been biding our time, collecting our resources, effecting meticulous planning, and training our crack squad of urban explorer ninjas to bring to you… Read More
2010-04-08 17:19
St. Peter's Seminary, London, Ontario.Looking back at a warmer time when I popped around to this beautiful Seminary which is still quite active although I do think that they are operating fa… Read More
2010-04-08 17:18
The building located at 203 Bathurst Street in London is known as the "City Centre Storage" building, but only a limited number of Londoners know that this was at one time a textile factory… Read More
2010-04-08 17:18
Abandoned virtual reality landscapes . . . The next best thing ?As my calendar is now beginning to fill up with pre-Holiday get-tog ethers and my region is now blanketed in snow, I find myse… Read More
2010-04-07 22:10
~Local businessman Henry Fraser began the construction of a large stone and brick building at this site for use as a hotel in 1858. Only partially complete, the province including many muni… Read More
2009-11-14 17:26
~This is a continuation of the previous post. In this post, we'll cover off the grand adventures had by JuicyFruitKisses, Funky Punky, and yours truly, CopySix.There's a saying that goes, st… Read More
2009-11-12 19:21
~I was finally able to grab my flashlight and camera and head out for an exploration after an unwelcome hiatus from UrbEx. I was joined by the familiar JuicyFruitKisses (aka JFK) as well as… Read More
2009-11-05 20:44
For those in the UrbEx community who are wondering . . . No - I did not quite hang up my flashlight just yet. I am still exploring - just not in person. Since my last post in July, I have… Read More
2009-07-14 14:51
Welcome to the 2008 Post Archive where all the old posts come to wither and electronically decay.Bear EssentialsDoors Open Barrie AstroLand Hearn TragedyNiagara Family VacationI get aroundSu… Read More
2009-07-14 14:40
Just a few weeks ago while on company business near the Bruce Nuclear plant (just north of Kincardine, Ontario), I had stumbled upon this very lovely abandonment and subsequently effected so… Read More
2009-06-07 15:08
Camp 30, a collection of 18 buildings on 40 hectares of rural land about 45 minutes east of Toronto, was the only one used by the Allies to house captured high-ranking N@zi officers and acco… Read More
2009-06-01 15:36
Steele's China Shop, located on the corner of Collier and Bayfield streets, was built in 1884 as a carriage shop. It is now behind scaffolding; the city issued a demolition permit two weeks… Read More
2009-05-11 18:24
My sincere apologies for not having posted anything for a while now. The snow is now gone so I fully expect to get back to bad-a$$ery shortly.In the meantime, here are a few urban explorati… Read More
2009-01-16 20:18
National Rubber owned and operated two rubber manufacturing facilities and employed approximately 750 people at the end of 1991. Located in Toronto, the Symington and Cawthra plants together… Read More
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