I wrote last year about a little 19th Century town in Ontario, Canada called “Blantyre”. It had only 50 people living there and in modern times had become a “ghost town”. You can read the article here. https://blantyreproject.com/2015/12/16/the-canadian-blantyre/ I’ve now had a couple of Canadian ex-pats point out this little town to me, but nobody has […]
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The Canadian ‘Blantyre’
Pictured is the ghost town of Blantyre, Onatario. During the 1860’s the population was only 50 people, founded by pioneering resident, James Paterson, a merchant. Although the town is empty, the sign still exists marking its location, as pictured here by Margaret Nimmo Lehmann during the Autumn. Beautiful colours on the trees give the whole […]


