At one time, Depot Harbour, Ontario was the western terminus of the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway and a busy port on Georgian Bay. J.R. Booth had been unable to negotiate a suitable price with business interests in Parry Sound, Ontario, so, in 1895, he took advantage of legislation that allowed native-owned land to be expropriated for use as a railway to purchase land on Parry Island, the site of an Ojiway native reserve. It was known as the best natural harbour on the Great Lakes. Georgian Bay (French: baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada. ... John Rudolphus Booth (born April 5, 1827, died December 8, 1925) was a Canadian lumber and railway baron. ... Parry Sound (also known to many as Parry Hoot or more simply, the Hoot: population 6,500) is a town in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Expropriation is the act of removing from control the owner of an item of property. ... Aerial view of Enewetok and Parry. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ...

Booth built a town site with two large grain elevators, docks, a railway station, a hotel and shops. The town's population reached 1,600 permanent residents in 1926. There may have been as many as 3,000 inhabitants in the summers. Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Booth sold his railway to the Grand Trunk Railway in 1904. In 1924, the railway became part of the government-owned Canadian National Railway. Grain prices crashed in the Great Depression years and the portion of the rail line running to Depot Harbour fell into disrepair and was abandoned. The population of the town declined. Grand Trunk Railway logo or herald The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system headquartered in Montreal, Quebec which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class... The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn, starting in 1929 (although its effects were not fully felt until late in 1930) and lasting through most of the 1930s. ...

During World War II, cordite manufactured in nearby Nobel, Ontario was stored in the town. On August 14, 1945, V-J Day celebrations set off explosives stored near the docks which destroyed most of the harbour facilities. By the 1980s, Depot Harbour had become a ghost town. Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United Kingdom United States and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000... Cordite is a particular family of smokeless propellants made by combining two high explosives: nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, i. ... Nobel is a village located on the picturesque shores of Parry Sound. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 15 August 1945 marked Victory over Japan or VJ Day, taking a name similar to Victory in Europe Day, which was generally known as VE Day. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ...

The Ojibway reclaimed the expropriated lands in 1987. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The bank vault can still be found as well as the loading docks.

External links

• Ontario Abandoned Places Towns - Depot Harbour

Its one of the most haunted towns in Ontario.