county-victoria

PHOTOlog | unpretentious homestead VICTORIA

fieldstone home, karwartha lakes

Otter Lane stone house, for sale in 2015 for $250k. Someone’s long-time home with beautiful gardens. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, September 2015

VICTORIA County | Laxton Township

PHOTOlog | small town attraction VICTORIA

canada's smallest jail, coboconck

Coboconk village – Canada’s smallest jail on Water St., 1890… Photo credit – Lisa Rance, August 2015
VICTORIA County | Bexley Township

PHOTOlog | church among the pines VICTORIA

derelict, closed pioneer church, kawartha lakes

Rosedale / Norland P.O. weathered church north of Fenelon Falls on north side of water inlet. Now cottage country, these towns were established on an important shipping waterway. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, July 2015

VICTORIA County | Somerville Township

PHOTOlog | victorian lady VICTORIA

victorian architecture, ontario, canada

150 year old Victorian lady at 63 Regent St. in Lindsay. Elegant with its brick quoining and ornate verandah, built 1870. Photo credit: Lisa Rance – May 2015

VICTORIA County | Ops Township

PHOTOlog | sanctuary guesthouse VICTORIA

church conversion, north of toronto, bed and breakfast, gothic revival, buttresses

Manilla Bible Christian Church c. 1868, now a private residence and AirBnB accommodation. I recall this open-concept floor-plan space may have once had an indoor swing. Located in the pretty hamlet of Manilla, not far from Toronto. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, September 2015

VICTORIA County | Mariposa Township

PHOTOlog | certainly a place to play VICTORIA

pioneer village, kawartha lakes, log and frame construction, early ontario

Kawartha Settlers Pioneer Village, Bobcaygeon. “Just leave me here, mom”. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, October 2014

VICTORIA County | Verulam Township

PHOTOlog | a kawartha country drive VICTORIA

brick gatehouse, early Kawartha history, bed and breakfast, wedding venue

The gatehouse at industrial/rail baron Sir William McKenzie’s estate, Kirkfield. Now a spa, bed & breakfast, wedding venue. Photo credit: Lisa Rance, October 2010
VICTORIA County | Eldon Township