This 65 slip Marina opened in the 1960’s and closed permanently in 2017 after a large developer bought the land it sits on. It used to sell parts, fuel and offered a marine repair service and indoor storage. Access from the road is blocked now so taking my kayak to the Marina made it more exciting. The plans for this small marina is unknown to me. It was a great little Marina that once was busy with happy boaters. It now sits abandoned waiting it’s fate.
If I give out the lake I give away the location. Then vandals and thieves will come. #1 rule in exploring is protecting the location and only take pictures 👍🏻
I don't comment often but I just wanted to say thanks for all the adventures you take us on! You are, hands down, my favourite urbex channel because your videos are always calm and relaxed and you're more mature than a lot of the younger and overly excitable explorers who think they're ghost hunters or treasure seekers. Also, you're Canadian. Granted, I may be biased on this last point because I'm Canadian as well, but I live in the States now so I like your videos because they help me to still feel connected to where I'm from on some level. I found this one particularly interesting because it seems like you rarely see abandoned marina videos in the urbex genre.
Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. 😁 thanks for the kind words and I’m glad you enjoy my channel. I have some very unique locations coming 😁👍🏻
Beautiful yet sad 2see the memories and whats been left behind, unfortunately our futures are sealed.once we are no longer loved,useful, profitable,efficient or beneficial 2 those around us we are destined to be forgotten,left 2rot
My aunt and uncle own/run the marina in Bayfield Ontario and we used to go up there when we were growing up. It was always really fun. This video is awesome man thanks for sharing.
What an amazing explore. I’ve always loved small boats - those Evinrude and Mercury outboards are amazing. What a huge place - I can’t understand how those boats and engines have been left. Great explore dude
Same here, we had a 9.5 Evinrude on our 14 ft aluminum boat when I was a kid and I spent countless hours in it fishing or just cruising and exploring the lake. I bought a 16 ft with a 140 Evinrude when I grew up but I never had as much fun as I had with my little aluminum boat with the 9.5 on it.
Well that was different!! It's always sad to see a once thriving place left to the elements though, as you said, the wildlife take advantage pretty fast. Thank you for the explore and by the way you have a beautiful smile!!! Gill 🇬🇧
Wow that's a pretty large marina you would think for a marina that size there would be lots of water activity and noise in the background but it's pretty darn quiet there. Maybe that might of been the problem too big to maintain. Looks like our great northern Ontario scenery. Fun explore l really enjoyed it. Best wishes and many more successful explorations of our great country. ❤️🇨🇦 to share with the world.
That place was massive. The office almost looks like a house and the marina came after So much left behind The fridge …yuck! Another interesting find..take care 🇨🇦 ❤️
I cant believe how much the actual value of boats and boat parts and forklift and other things they left behind! Crazy! I saw an easy 20 grand worth of things laying around of resellable and usable items and parts 😳
It seems like if someone had some ambition and for thought of how to get it going again it might pay off with all the machinery left behind and so many people looking for solitude it would probably work.
The developer did not ruin anything. Don't forget that for this to happen, first the owner had to want to sell. And the best buyer is the one who has money.
How lovely so peaceful, what a shame the developers didn't allow the place to keep running until they wanted to best stuck. In with their plan . Seems they maybe didn't have one. Thank you Brent hope you stay well and happy. I love your intro music and the music in general. I really enjoyed the in-depth explore . Stay safe best wishes Beverley stone UK.
Looks like it was quite the business in its day. The boat houses (covered slips) seem to still be in great shape even having sat for 5 years with zero maintenance done. I would guess the boats owner never showed up to claim it before they closed the doors? Its interesting some of the stuff left behind probably has or had some value when left. Air compressors, fork lifts etc.... Cheers thanks for sharing!
Amazing! A lot of people at 1 time spent ALOT of time and $$$ there. Sad to see it so desolate and abandoned… nothing lasts forever material wise. GREAT VIDEO! LETS GO 👍
What is amazing is how much work it took to build the marina to begin with. Each pole had to. be pounded into the water - which is about 5 - 10 times harder than just pointing it into dirt. Plus they are working off a small deck that was probably only partially built to begin with, It had to take over a year just to build that place. If they had just kept 2 maintenance men working full time perhaps they could of kept the place in a working fashion to some degree. Probably took over 20,000 man hours to build.
What a wonderful job with the video thats still a beautiful place its so sad how they abandoned that place I loved the sound of the birds I heard thank you for the wonderful video of this place God bless you
My buddy let me dock my little runabout at the back of his marina that had mostly big expensive cruisers. He used it himself to run for parts or the mail and his clients teased him about it, even though half of them were in arrears on their dock fees. We decided to name it and in 6 inch letters on both sides it said, 'PAID IV'.
Thanks, Brent for sharing this video with me it was a really nice video I really enjoyed it and this place was awesome and I am glad you made this video and God Bless, and thanks again.
Great adventure Brent! As noted below, and I've said before, you are the best and I always look very forward to your explores! Thanks Brent - and looking forward to the next adventure!
Great explore! I was so afraid you were going to fall in the water though! Thanks for sharing. I don't have much knowledge about boats/marinas, this was interesting. Love, hugs & God Bless you 💞💞
Hi Brent. What a cool explore. Never been to a marina before. Neat. Guess those boats will be scrapped. Wonder why it closed. Shame. Way too much crap around. Not a good idea opening fridges Brent, eww! Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
I don't think this place had a hotel ... It's more likely that was the family home built on the back of the office. It is amazing how much was left. It would be interesting to see what it becomes as the longer it sits the worse it will get. Eventually that concrete will completely give way in that boat shed.
Thank you for another great video. Most of the time your videos make me sad to see beautiful houses with tons of history and potential, bought up by developers and torn down in the name of progress, but this marina was clearly at the end of its life and is in need for a new lease on life. Looking forward to your next video!
It's not to often you see abandoned marina most people nowadays and have for a long time use their boats like a seasonal trailer some where to escape from hope something good happens there great video Brent 👍
Wow, I can't believe someone would just leave boats behind like that, a couple of them look like they would clean up pretty easily. Funny thing, that little sailboat on the floor is called a Sea Snark. They are made of a thick styrofoam with a plastic coating over them called "Armour Clad". I learned to sail with one of those boats when I was 10 years old. My little Sea Snark was red with a red and white sail. Cool video.
Thank you for going out and documenting this place . It must of been quite a beautiful place as it still is majestic even in its run down state . Would be awesome to of woken up to this place every morning and going to sleep every night . No noise from the city out here . Now to my rant I hate developers and the only time I like developers is when they take a derelict building and property and create something beautiful in its place . When developers come along though and snatch up properties and then cause old character homes , old farm homestead’s or in this case a business to close down just so they can build a subdivision with a bunch of cookie cutter homes there well this pisses me off . The developers will probably build homes here only the rich can afford . 🤬 .
Oh my, this was really great! Been missing out on watching anything much on UTube. First time back, I just had to visit and go along with you exploring!! Your my absolute favorite! And what a surprise!! I live anything water, sand, boats, ..... and you certainly found a great place to see. Thanks so much!
Another great video, such a shame to see all that lumber go to waste, all the best to you and your fam! Ps, I actually liked the whisper/soft spoken..made it even more relaxing to watch. Lol! 🧡from Ottawa🇨🇦 🌻🍁🍂🍁🍂🍻
It's a shame to see a marina closed down when people are looking for places to dock. The developing owners could have kept the marina in operation until they were ready to develop the property
That AMF Slickcraft boat that was left high and dry in the slip was a great strendrive runabout boat in its day. That go fast in the boat barn with the Mercruiser 454 Magnum was kick butt in its prime, with just one of those engines it probably did around 60 mph or so. Its alwys kind of sad to see abandoned places like this. For a lot of people, they built their family's summers around this place for at least two generations. That go fast boat trailer definitely has some value left. Most of the stuff that's been left behind, not so much. This is my first video of your's I have seen. I will be sure to check out more of them.
Epic content! Absolutely breathtaking and some of the Best Content TH-cam has to offer! Appreciate your efforts and time to research ect! Luv&Peace,, Cheers!
Hey Brent! Such a unique explore! I like looking at what people name their boats, that’s unique in itself. The Y-Knot was creative. Thank you for the upload! 👍😊. Ps. Good thing you’re not afraid of spiders as I’m pretty sure they are nasty and scary looking. I got over my fear of them living near a river.
This 65 slip Marina opened in the 1960’s and closed permanently in 2017 after a large developer bought the land it sits on. It used to sell parts, fuel and offered a marine repair service and indoor storage. Access from the road is blocked now so taking my kayak to the Marina made it more exciting. The plans for this small marina is unknown to me. It was a great little Marina that once was busy with happy boaters. It now sits abandoned waiting it’s fate.
What lake is this?
Lake Ontario
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada Awesome explore But I don't consider lake Ontario Norther Ontario LOL
If I give out the lake I give away the location. Then vandals and thieves will come. #1 rule in exploring is protecting the location and only take pictures 👍🏻
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada I managed to figure out where it is. I know what you mean about vandals.
Wouldn't it be nice to see that marina restored alive and well, with people.
I often wonder if someone is watching one of these videos and says, "Hey that's my boat...I grew up there and..." 🤔
Happens all the time 😁
@@AbandonedUrbexCanada Yo Brent my friend I just couldn't resist saying Keep up the great work ☺️
I've always wondered that about these videos someone says hey that's where I used to live😎
I was thinking the same thing lol
I think the same thing every time
Loved it! Would love to sit there in the quiet and watch everything.
Tranquil place I agree.
Wow, I am impressed that it hasn't been looted. Lots of money left behind.
Just got rid of an old boat I have come believe the two best times of a boat owners life is when he buys it and when he sells it 😃
Blows my mind what people leave behind! What a beautiful place that once was.
I really love your drone work 😊
I love the peaceful quiet. I’m a country girl, born in FL so I grew up around marinas. Love this video.
I don't comment often but I just wanted to say thanks for all the adventures you take us on! You are, hands down, my favourite urbex channel because your videos are always calm and relaxed and you're more mature than a lot of the younger and overly excitable explorers who think they're ghost hunters or treasure seekers. Also, you're Canadian. Granted, I may be biased on this last point because I'm Canadian as well, but I live in the States now so I like your videos because they help me to still feel connected to where I'm from on some level. I found this one particularly interesting because it seems like you rarely see abandoned marina videos in the urbex genre.
Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. 😁 thanks for the kind words and I’m glad you enjoy my channel. I have some very unique locations coming 😁👍🏻
Brent is my favourite too 🍁 Thank you 🍀
Brent is one of my favorites 😍 I'm from New York
Hey Brent how do i message you places to check out
Wow that big storage building was huge that's quite the place very isolated!
This is amazing place. So sorry to the owner to lost the beautiful place like this.
Beautiful yet sad 2see the memories and whats been left behind, unfortunately our futures are sealed.once we are no longer loved,useful, profitable,efficient or beneficial 2 those around us we are destined to be forgotten,left 2rot
My aunt and uncle own/run the marina in Bayfield Ontario and we used to go up there when we were growing up. It was always really fun. This video is awesome man thanks for sharing.
What an amazing explore. I’ve always loved small boats - those Evinrude and Mercury outboards are amazing. What a huge place - I can’t understand how those boats and engines have been left. Great explore dude
Very unique and cool abandoned place. Thanks for sharing!
Hey with people converting old places into fabulous living spaces it would make a nice vacation home
Awesome explore here! I really like how you don't disrupt things, you left it just as you found it!!!
It is amazing how run down a place can get in only 4 years!
Aww that vintage Evinrude took me back to happy childhood. I’d buy that red boat in the dock and fix her up, gorgeous little cabin cruiser.
Same here, we had a 9.5 Evinrude on our 14 ft aluminum boat when I was a kid and I spent countless hours in it fishing or just cruising and exploring the lake. I bought a 16 ft with a 140 Evinrude when I grew up but I never had as much fun as I had with my little aluminum boat with the 9.5 on it.
Would be a great selling item the red boat and leave with it
And evinrude motor
Well that was different!! It's always sad to see a once thriving place left to the elements though, as you said, the wildlife take advantage pretty fast. Thank you for the explore and by the way you have a beautiful smile!!! Gill 🇬🇧
Thank you Gill 😁
Just an awesome place, shame to see it go not being used. Thank you for taking us along with you 👍
Wow that's a pretty large marina you would think for a marina that size there would be lots of water activity and noise in the background but it's pretty darn quiet there. Maybe that might of been the problem too big to maintain. Looks like our great northern Ontario scenery. Fun explore l really enjoyed it. Best wishes and many more successful explorations of our great country. ❤️🇨🇦 to share with the world.
Wow...its almost like one day someone was at work...and the next gone. Would love to kayak through there, such a beautiful day.😊🇺🇸
That place was massive.
The office almost looks like a house and the marina came after
So much left behind
The fridge …yuck!
Another interesting find..take care 🇨🇦 ❤️
The water is so blue gorgeous
A very nice find and crazy that they left there boats there.
I cant believe how much the actual value of boats and boat parts and forklift and other things they left behind! Crazy! I saw an easy 20 grand worth of things laying around of resellable and usable items and parts 😳
easy like 40k to 50 k.
You go to the most amazing places! Thank you for bringing us along for the ride!
When you said “There’s crap everywhere!” you didn’t mean stuff, you meant actual crap 💩. Love your videos.
Same & yes I love anyone that tells a True account of events to .
😂
Yep, just like San Francisco and LA unfortunately! The sidewalks look just like that out there
It's always hard to see all the tools and usable items left behind. Great video
Yeah, its a real shame to know all that useful stuff will be left to rot a while and then ultimately get sent off to the scrap heap. What a waste.
It seems like if someone had some ambition and for thought of how to get it going again it might pay off with all the machinery left behind and so many people looking for solitude it would probably work.
I really enjoyed the explore,such a shame developer's are taking over and ruining businesses like the marina 👍❤️🇺🇸
It's a shame that we allow developers to do things like that. They are slowly ruining parts of the U.S.
The developer did not ruin anything. Don't forget that for this to happen, first the owner had to want to sell. And the best buyer is the one who has money.
What a beautiful place! I was so envious of you, getting to paddle through on that gorgeous day! Hope you got out without losing any equipment!
Thank you for showing us your great find. Truly amazing what people leave behind. Take care and thanks again.
How lovely so peaceful, what a shame the developers didn't allow the place to keep running until they wanted to best stuck. In with their plan . Seems they maybe didn't have one. Thank you Brent hope you stay well and happy. I love your intro music and the music in general. I really enjoyed the in-depth explore . Stay safe best wishes Beverley stone UK.
Thank you!
Wow, what a beautiful day. Great video Brent.
Wow people worked hard for their boats..to see this i am sorry to the owners. For real not cheap
Looks like it was quite the business in its day. The boat houses (covered slips) seem to still be in great shape even having sat for 5 years with zero maintenance done. I would guess the boats owner never showed up to claim it before they closed the doors? Its interesting some of the stuff left behind probably has or had some value when left. Air compressors, fork lifts etc.... Cheers thanks for sharing!
I was thinking the same thing!
Amazing! A lot of people at 1 time spent ALOT of time and $$$ there. Sad to see it so desolate and abandoned… nothing lasts forever material wise. GREAT VIDEO! LETS GO 👍
What is amazing is how much work it took to build the marina to begin with. Each pole had to. be pounded into the water - which is about 5 - 10 times harder than just pointing it into dirt. Plus they are working off a small deck that was probably only partially built to begin with, It had to take over a year just to build that place. If they had just kept 2 maintenance men working full time perhaps they could of kept the place in a working fashion to some degree. Probably took over 20,000 man hours to build.
What a wonderful job with the video thats still a beautiful place its so sad how they abandoned that place I loved the sound of the birds I heard thank you for the wonderful video of this place God bless you
My buddy let me dock my little runabout at the back of his marina that had mostly big expensive cruisers. He used it himself to run for parts or the mail and his clients teased him about it, even though half of them were in arrears on their dock fees. We decided to name it and in 6 inch letters on both sides it said, 'PAID IV'.
Thanks, Brent for sharing this video with me it was a really nice video I really enjoyed it and this place was awesome and I am glad you made this video and God Bless, and thanks again.
Great find! I wonder where the owners are of those boats left behind. Kinda sad.
Great adventure Brent! As noted below, and I've said before, you are the best and I always look very forward to your explores! Thanks Brent - and looking forward to the next adventure!
Thanks cool find! Needs upgrading, docks are to narrow, need power for boats, etc. Shame its rotting away! Just imagine the fun people had!
Nice find I love it…..everything just frozen in time like you said 👍
Great explore! I was so afraid you were going to fall in the water though! Thanks for sharing. I don't have much knowledge about boats/marinas, this was interesting. Love, hugs & God Bless you 💞💞
Thank you
I don’t know,,,,just get a sad feeling from all this. Someone’s hopes and dreams left to rot. The tools left behind. Tools are worth saving I feel.
Hello from Sydney Australia - from a lockdown Canuck. Enjoying your videos. Memories of Canada…Thanks.
What a peaceful explore. I really enjoy the quiet.
You are spoiling us Brent. You just uploaded last weekend. I am very happy now. That was a great explore. Be safe out there cheers Brent 🇨🇦🍁
Thanks, Brent! 💖 I don't want things to get bigger & better. 🥺
You get the Canada URBEX Explorer of the Year Award! Well done in finding this :)
Thanks!
Great video! I'd love to fish that place. I bet there's some big ones hiding in those weeds!
Me too! No boat traffic or people should be a hot spot
Thats exactly what I was thinking...skipping a senko under those docks😱
Hi Brent. What a cool explore. Never been to a marina before. Neat. Guess those boats will be scrapped. Wonder why it closed. Shame. Way too much crap around. Not a good idea opening fridges Brent, eww! Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
I loved it, a video different from all the others, congratulations 😉👏👏👏
Awesome job Brent! I love 💘 watching your videos. I'm so glad I found your channel.
Thanks Carol!
Wow, such a cool explore! Thanks for checking the fridge too 😁
I don't think this place had a hotel ... It's more likely that was the family home built on the back of the office. It is amazing how much was left. It would be interesting to see what it becomes as the longer it sits the worse it will get. Eventually that concrete will completely give way in that boat shed.
Beauty boat house
Thank you for another great video. Most of the time your videos make me sad to see beautiful houses with tons of history and potential, bought up by developers and torn down in the name of progress, but this marina was clearly at the end of its life and is in need for a new lease on life. Looking forward to your next video!
I love Northern Ontario. My grandma and great uncle used to live in South River, loved going to Eagle Lake
This seems more Central Ontario. I too love the north though
Interesting explore! I'm always amazed at waste/abandoned properties.
nice place looks so peaceful
That office looks ready to move into!? Lessssssgo!!!!!
It's not to often you see abandoned marina most people nowadays and have for a long time use their boats like a seasonal trailer some where to escape from hope something good happens there great video Brent 👍
Hard to believe so many boats were left. Boats aside though I imagine that boat trailer is worth big bucks.
Wow, I can't believe someone would just leave boats behind like that, a couple of them look like they would clean up pretty easily. Funny thing, that little sailboat on the floor is called a Sea Snark. They are made of a thick styrofoam with a plastic coating over them called "Armour Clad". I learned to sail with one of those boats when I was 10 years old. My little Sea Snark was red with a red and white sail.
Cool video.
my brother and I had our own Snarks w/o the plastic coat. they were pretty quick. a boat is defined as a hole in the water in which you dump money!
Yay. Love your videos, thank you. I try hoarding them til the weekend but always give in.
Thanks Nate!
Thank you for going out and documenting this place . It must of been quite a beautiful place as it still is majestic even in its run down state . Would be awesome to of woken up to this place every morning and going to sleep every night . No noise from the city out here .
Now to my rant I hate developers and the only time I like developers is when they take a derelict building and property and create something beautiful in its place . When developers come along though and snatch up properties and then cause old character homes , old farm homestead’s or in this case a business to close down just so they can build a subdivision with a bunch of cookie cutter homes there well this pisses me off . The developers will probably build homes here only the rich can afford . 🤬 .
Beautiful,
Very cool find.
Urbex, your Video's are so smooth and calm with very little movement. Such a pleasure to Watch and the Music is off the charts great !!
Thank you 👍🏻😁
Thanks for the relaxed video without the dumb drama that is so often added. Count me in.
You do a very good job of compiling and editing your videos I really enjoy them thank you.
Thanks!
Pretty decent boat to just be abandoned. Cool video.
Lovely. Nice kayak.
Thanks for the interesting explore. Just crazy to see all of the stuff left behind.
Oh my, this was really great! Been missing out on watching anything much on UTube. First time back, I just had to visit and go along with you exploring!! Your my absolute favorite! And what a surprise!! I live anything water, sand, boats, ..... and you certainly found a great place to see. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much Linda! 😁
Another great video, such a shame to see all that lumber go to waste, all the best to you and your fam!
Ps, I actually liked the whisper/soft spoken..made it even more relaxing to watch. Lol!
🧡from Ottawa🇨🇦
🌻🍁🍂🍁🍂🍻
Its beautiful there !! Nice blue sky too !! 🙂👍
The view is beautiful the water
Love your enthusiasm! Like a kid on Christmas, it’s great 😊
Thanks for another really cool explore 😎
Have an awesome week!
Thanks !😁
Fascinating!
It's a shame to see a marina closed down when people are looking for places to dock. The developing owners could have kept the marina in operation until they were ready to develop the property
That AMF Slickcraft boat that was left high and dry in the slip was a great strendrive runabout boat in its day. That go fast in the boat barn with the Mercruiser 454 Magnum was kick butt in its prime, with just one of those engines it probably did around 60 mph or so. Its alwys kind of sad to see abandoned places like this. For a lot of people, they built their family's summers around this place for at least two generations. That go fast boat trailer definitely has some value left. Most of the stuff that's been left behind, not so much. This is my first video of your's I have seen. I will be sure to check out more of them.
Pretty explore!
My sundays now complete with this upload
Great find !! Nice to see a place that has not been destroyed by the taggers and vandals that love to destroy.
Epic content! Absolutely breathtaking and some of the Best Content TH-cam has to offer! Appreciate your efforts and time to research ect! Luv&Peace,, Cheers!
Thanks so much! 😎
What an awesome explore. Loved it!!!
Thanks!
Very beautiful place
Hey Brent! Such a unique explore! I like looking at what people name their boats, that’s unique in itself. The Y-Knot was creative. Thank you for the upload! 👍😊. Ps. Good thing you’re not afraid of spiders as I’m pretty sure they are nasty and scary looking. I got over my fear of them living near a river.
Great explore, loved this location.
Thanks!
lol getting Inside /On that boat earned this video a thumbs up from me! 8-) ..... as well as how relaxing it is; unintentional asmr, as they say!
That was different, was very interesting to see good job with video..👍
Good explore Brent Thank You !!!!!
It's amazing how many people leave Timmy's cups in these places.
Crazy how beautiful that is wood stone
Unusual explore, loved it.
Thanks!
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.