This rock outcropping edged slowly into Georgian Bay, Such beauty.
Stone stairs come out of no where and guide us up..the mossy path. Joanne and Doug seemed to enjoy the view.
Then, the spiral staircase up the rock cliff appears...
So we climb up... Bruce, Doug, Jo...me last. Some stairs are repaired...yet it seems quite sturdy...
Close up of my foot and stair
Next, we arrive at the skeleton.
This empty shell of a palatial home was known as the 'Corran' ... (Gaelic: for point of land running into the sea) built in 1882, from local stone, wood..that housed 17 rooms.. view of the bay and numerous rose bushes (500 varieties!) ,and fruit trees that surrounded the property of 121 hectares of land ...now the surrounding trees have grown too tall...so no view of bay.....the lady of the house died in 1906 before it was completely finished. The Corran suffered a fire a one point. Local conservationists made the remains safer...with reno's...yet kept the shell intact for us to see. Must have been quite the extravagant structure.
I really enjoyed the contrasting grays..... and played with it.. 
This would be a grand music area...or theatre venue...if it had a concrete pad poured and stairs to sit on... They did this on Manitoulin Island at Wiki...and it truly was an inspiring experience....
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Beautiful photos...I especially like the first one..wish I could paint water like that.
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