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<title>shannon-lee</title>
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hey i have lived in gravenhurst for about a year now.. i just found out last week that this place was even here! i was just wondering who tlaked to about going in there to take pictures..?  i am very intrusted in stuff like this i think the place is amazing and your pictures are beatfuil! thank you]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Lorraine</title>
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I am looking for a relative that died at the sanitarium there in 1939, I have looked through all the gravemarkers all over muskoka district, with no luck,  I am assuming that the family could not afford to pay for a headstone at that time.  Is there anyone or anywhere I can go to see where his remains are.The family would be most grateful.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:16:53 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Lorraine</title>
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I am also looking for a relative that died in the sanitarium, but we have not grave marker to go by,,, i have searched the whole of muskoka district for a grave marker and there is not one for him,,, are there any records that may have been kept by some office to find out where his remains are..
Thank you.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Doug Simpkins</title>
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For the gentleman looking for burial of his relatives from the sanitarium, possibly Mickel Memorial Cemetary on what used to be called the San rd. This is the road that leads to the sanitarium
This is also the cemetary where the German POW's were buried, but I believe were relocated back to Germany some years ago along with the hand carved wooden grave markers.
I used to live on that road close to the Ontario Fire College which was the original tb sanitarium, so I am told.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:00:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lee Ann McIndoo</title>
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Hello Don: Thank you for your comment. I don't remember there ever being a cemetery on the grounds. If there was, it was long forgotten because there was never any mention of one. There are three possibilities: 1) Your wife's family claimed her grandfather's remains and buried him themselves or, 2) He was not claimed and buried in Gravenhurst OR, 3) the family had him buried in Gravenhurst. I'm pretty sure that German POW's were buried in Gravenhurst so, possibly provisions were made for Sanitorium patients. The town should have archives and burial records for that far back. I hope that these ideas have been helpful. Keep me posted!!! Lee Ann]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:40:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Don Brundage</title>
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Thanks Lee Ann for identifying the location.  Been looking for info on the Gravenhurst TB sanatorium.  My wife is searching for her grandfather's grave site and this is where he died suffering from TB.  Is there a graveyard at the sanatorium for those that died there or would they have been buried in a Gravenhurst cemetery?]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:49:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Kevin</title>
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Thank you Lee Ann you are such a kind lady!!!]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:35:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Juliet</title>
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These photos really angered me! My grandparents worked at this sanitorium , my mother was a patient there,and years later I worked as a residential councellor when it was called Muskoka Center. I am angry at the fact that after spending millions of dollars on renovations the gov't allowed this place  ( for the second time in its history) to rot and get into this condition. It was a beautiful place on a penninsula of land on Lake Muskoka. After it ceased as a TB sanitorium it was allowed to sit and rot and some of the buildings had to be torn down. Now it has been left again. It is hard to imagine from these photos just how beautiful this place was. It is so sad.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 22:03:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lee Ann McIndoo</title>
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P.S. In case anyone would like to know, the Muskoka Centre is in Gravenhurst, Ontario.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:29:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lee Ann McIndoo</title>
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Hello Johnathan: Looking at these pictures brought up all kinds of emotions. Facination, sadness, nostalgia and anger, to name a few. It felt like I was looking at pictures of the Titanic after it went down. I have been in every nook and cranny of this place. I worked there in the 70's, 80's and 90's, when it was called Muskoka Centre. It was an institution for the developmentally challenged. The pictures are beautiful to look at but it's easy to remember that people lived, worked and also died in this building. It was one of the worst jobs I've ever had and also, probably, the best. To know that I have walked in every room that your pictures depict gives me a sense of surrealism. My favorite is the one looking down the stairwell, from the fifth floor. I used to do that all the time!!! I have sent the pictures to myself so that I, at least, have some record of where I spent some of the most formative years of my life and to hold onto some of the many memories. This was my first job out of high school, and I'm still in the field. It's been 30 years now!! Thanks for posting them!!]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:26:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>David Ing</title>
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Thanks for these photos of the Muskoka Sanitorium, because I'll never see the place in person.  

I was raised in Gravenhurst -- my teenage years in the 1970s -- and the Sanitorium was open, then.  It wasn't a place that a teenager would visit -- I never had a reason to go -- because it was a way out of town.  I think that I had a relative stay there for health reasons, and my father went out to visit.]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:58:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>OPo</title>
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this is lame yiou shoukd have liek mountians seriouly man i am going to die i likw to read adn is o]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:51:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Michelle</title>
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Thanks for this, Jonathon. I always look for the "Forgotten Landmarks" articles. And I think your photos are great, I love the colours in some of them. I didn't know this place existed and I'm interested in it's history. It's weird that there's no Wikipedia entry on the place. 

PS I have an idea for one of your visits, I'll e-mail you. ]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:55:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Dishwasher</title>
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Stunning photos.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Corina</title>
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Is it like, a secret Jonathan? :) My dad used to work in mental services up in Muskoka and I'm just wondering if he'd have seen this place in action... also awesome that it's way up North, I have a cottage in those parts and it can be pretty 'atmospheric' up there, perfect setting for taking these pics I'm sure.

If only you could have photographed the old Bigwin Inn before they renovated!]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Max</title>
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Hi Jonathan,
   As someone who enjoys UE with my partner - to photograph and explore, not to destroy - I appreciate the effects that you have used to show your experience with the building and the emotions you felt.
  Everyone is entitled to their own view of a opinion.
My opinion is that these photographs seem to be crafted with love and are pleasant to look upon.
   Good exploration, keep it up.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:56:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jonathan</title>
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Chester pape: never :  )

Paul: to be honest, these were all edited a while ago for my own website; the rounded-boarders is used to distinguish film from digital in most cases, but with the already-defined boarders on blogTO, perhaps I will not do this in the future. I love fooling with processing skills, so that not all abandonment snaps look the same - thanks for your input, and I'm glad you like the series.

Anna: that is awesome! I love hearing things like that...

jonathan@blogTO]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:19:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Anna</title>
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My grandparents met here - both patients...]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:07:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Paul</title>
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This is my favourite regular feature on BlogTO, but I have to agree that the saturation and contrast kill detail as much as they enhance.

I guess it's up to the photog to decide. Lightroom is amazing and so are presets, but too much of a good thing can get tedious, especially when it detracts from subjects that so easily speak for themselves.

Fading borders, sepia, vignetting, cross-processing, and rounded edges are like fake tanner, boob jobs, rouge and bleach on someone who's already beautiful.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:55:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chester Pape</title>
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Isn't this whole aesthetic of abandonment thing done yet? ]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:48:23 PDT</pubDate>
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