It is sad to see peoples old thoughts and dreams, not to mention their labor rotting away in disrepair like this. I hope someone will buy this place and bring it back to life once again It looks like this place brought many folks happiness and peace back in the day. I’m 63 and many of the dates you read off didn’t seem that long ago to me! I guess we are all just passing through this life anyway. Thanks for sharing this with us all. You have a great dog there.😊
Glad this popped up on my CZcams suggestions!! Definitely brought back some memories for this old guy. I worked there as a “truck driver” back about 1965ish. Job was driving the fishermen to one of about 3 or 4 different lakes that had access on old logging roads but was no road access to outside world back then. We had to maintain the roads by hauling gravel in back of pickups and rakes and shovels. Was hard work but it was “a job” Heavy stuff came over the ice. Fellow named Leo S. owned it then. Just so many memories from that summer up there. Thanks for the video.
Gives me such a feeling of melancholy seeing a place that was the site of so much activity and I'm sure fun and laughter sitting so silent and abandoned.
Beautiful video and commentary ! For those born and raised in the north, there are thousands of these stories and palces. Dreams that sprang up in the post war era, and really took off when the Trans Canada hwy was built , especially along Lake Superior, where I was born and raised , and Hwy 11 along the flats from Nipigon south. That melancholy feeling of watching all the hopes and memories fades back into the wilderness ,,, BC, where I live now, is filled with these as well .
Thanks, it’s crazy how many places like this there are around. The highway camps really took a beating, not sure what changed it but almost like the vacation style and travel changed.
@@darylgilbertoutdoors Several things happened , people changed the hardy folks of the 50's and 60's gave way to the more comfort wanting 70's. Better vehicles and travel trailers. Luxury became more common, the meals and accomodation got better and better in the more prosperous camps. People starting bringing their own boats. They wanted to eat their own food. They bought places to have year round. You saw the flies when you were there, guys would take it back when, but not the kids and wives. Family travel really took off. I was a dock boy / swamperat an air service at 11 , got a 1st row seat, servicing the camps, Good times ,,,
Man you could still live in the main log cabin with a bit of a clean out. What a gorgeous place. Wish I owned it, but the cold is too much for this old bird, now.
Very interesting fish camp. Wonder if 9/11 did it in? I'm originally from the Detroit area & regularly went to Ontario to fish, day trips & extended stays at fish camps. My last trip was just a week before 9/11 & haven't been back since. I'm 73 & doing all of my fishing in Florida now. I sure do miss those Ontario fish camps.
My grandmas sisters house is just like this. In Ryan Village, near Federal Dam and Bena. It’s been boarded up now, I’m glad I had opportunity to visit and walk through.
It really gets me how a place like this, at one time this place was a go to place and then boom it's all dead and left behind like no one wants it anymore. Looks like it was more then a Fishing Lodge, looks like they use as Hunting Lodge too.
Crazy! Lee Anderson from Brainerd was my neighbor growing up. He used to go up there and fish and hunt all those backcountry lakes. And now I do! I’ve literally driven past hear and not known it was there. Kewl video! Thanks!
@@benwinter2420 There is a massive difference between experience and wishing for something. Most all my wishes have been realized except for one. It will be what my God provides. I don`t believe wishes and destiny are connected, that would be superstition. Good by child.
Couple cabins look nice enough to move into, pile of wool blankets there, sheets didn't look too bad. Maybe someone is still crashing there .. ? The Ghost of the Lake
Is that the illusive 10 mm socket ? Lol. I could own 5 of them and never find a one. Cool content! I love the wilderness. It would be awesome to live that dream.
Would have been a small pump in the lake that would pull into a wateroom with a pressure tank, filters, etc. usually poly lines just on the ground going cabin to cabin
My guess is likely early 2000's they stopped operating, some of the buildings upkeep was being neglected prior to that. The generator should of been upgraded in the 90's but other things like the stove and some of those cabins were newer, vinyl window I believe on the South cabin. What a difference those metal roofs make compared to shingles and rolled roofing. A shame the title didn't pass to another operator 20 years ago.
@@darylgilbertoutdoors I remember going to Eagle back in the day of 30 inch legal muskie, but walleye is a must for shore lunch. Going up we saw lots of signs for resorts but everyone seemed to go to the big water Lac Suel, must be about 4 big lakes and they bring the big mounts to the sports shows and smaller operators couldn't finance marketing. Cool looking place like it was frozen in time.
Yea, not sure an exact date when it closed, but it shows it doesn't take long for things to fall apart back in the woods without proper maintenance and upkeep.
Some of them are abandoned due to WHAT lives in the Woods around them. Folks were chased out of many spots by SABAE ( Sasquatch ). SABAE is Well known today all over USA and many other places. Canada, BC, USA We are Loaded w them. Loaded...
Man how did they get all that stuff in there by boat or plane or is there roads we're u can drive into this place imagine how big of a pain in da butt it must've been ? Lots of leg work for sure must've had a small army of helpers to assist with all the heavy lifting of things bet this place was super cool in its hay day hustling & bustling
Such a shame that these places just left to rot and some big abandoned houses too. With so many homeless people nowadays we could do with somebody to renovate and help others to have a roof over their heads. Could be used as temporary homes, then repurpose as a fishing lodge again.
Guess the place closed when the owner passed heres the first line of the obituary.... Glen Treflin, age 59 of Fort Frances, Ontario passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario after a long battle with cancer. Guess his wife either didnt have the means or the desire to continue the camp after he passed.
@@darylgilbertoutdoors my approach would not be so much " turn it in to something ", as recover what it is and add RVPads . Weatherize and stabilize make it - they will come.
Somebody had a bunch of money and energy. Took it all up to a gorgeous natural wilderness. Made a fish camp. Filled it with stuff. Ran it for years. And then, either ran out of money, or lost their health or died, or all of these things happened. And then it all falls to ruin, full of memories and junk. If nothing else it is a comfort to see Mother Nature gradually taking it all back again.
@someguy9778 since 1974,my grandmother had one with a twist dial with a timer ,,we got it,and I was cooking a hamburger,went outside, dial has a timer, got jammed,cooked the burger till it stunk the house up,and shriveled a 1/4 lb burger to the size of a golf ball!
Ontario has so many of these 'dream' camps in various states of disrepair. You can get one for a steal, btw. (They're more work & stress than they ever imagined).
Wow. My aunt and uncle owned this camp back in the 80’s. Seeing this video just brought back so many memories. This is awesome.
This is so crazy and emotional to watch. Haven’t been there since the 90s right before they sold it.
We just watched the tape of the fishing show they did there not to long ago
It’s sad what happened to the place for sure
I went there a number of times in the80’s. Good memories. Sad it went to waste.
For sure
It is sad to see peoples old thoughts and dreams, not to mention their labor rotting away in disrepair like this. I hope someone will buy this place and bring it back to life once again It looks like this place brought many folks happiness and peace back in the day. I’m 63 and many of the dates you read off didn’t seem that long ago to me! I guess we are all just passing through this life anyway. Thanks for sharing this with us all. You have a great dog there.😊
Thanks, would be great to see it back up and running again
Every thing in this world is passing away it's never to stay on less some one puts there time and energy in it to maintains it -
Glad this popped up on my CZcams suggestions!!
Definitely brought back some memories for this old guy. I worked there as a “truck driver” back about 1965ish. Job was driving the fishermen to one of about 3 or 4 different lakes that had access on old logging roads but was no road access to outside world back then. We had to maintain the roads by hauling gravel in back of pickups and rakes and shovels. Was hard work but it was “a job”
Heavy stuff came over the ice. Fellow named Leo S. owned it then.
Just so many memories from that summer up there.
Thanks for the video.
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing!
❤❤❤❤
Gives me such a feeling of melancholy seeing a place that was the site of so much activity and I'm sure fun and laughter sitting so silent and abandoned.
It’s sad really, I’m sure some people have some of the best memories of their lives there
Beautiful video and commentary !
For those born and raised in the north,
there are thousands of these stories and palces.
Dreams that sprang up in the post war era, and really took off when the
Trans Canada hwy was built , especially along Lake Superior, where I was born and raised ,
and Hwy 11 along the flats from Nipigon south.
That melancholy feeling of watching all the hopes and memories fades back into the wilderness ,,,
BC, where I live now, is filled with these as well .
Thanks, it’s crazy how many places like this there are around. The highway camps really took a beating, not sure what changed it but almost like the vacation style and travel changed.
@@darylgilbertoutdoors Several things happened , people changed the hardy folks of the 50's and 60's gave way to the more comfort wanting 70's.
Better vehicles and travel trailers.
Luxury became more common, the meals and accomodation got better and better in the more prosperous camps.
People starting bringing their own boats.
They wanted to eat their own food.
They bought places to have year round.
You saw the flies when you were there, guys would take it back when, but not the kids and wives.
Family travel really took off.
I was a dock boy / swamperat an air service at 11 , got a 1st row seat,
servicing the camps, Good times ,,,
It isn't near as scenic, but the same thing here too.
Man you could still live in the main log cabin with a bit of a clean out. What a gorgeous place. Wish I owned it, but the cold is too much for this old bird, now.
It does get cold there and a lot of snow!
I was going to guess the 80's I bet the first places he was in was staff housing. And that is one dang good dog!!
Definitely the staff housing, close to the dock and set up like a barracks really. He is awesome!
Very interesting fish camp. Wonder if 9/11 did it in? I'm originally from the Detroit area & regularly went to Ontario to fish, day trips & extended stays at fish camps. My last trip was just a week before 9/11 & haven't been back since. I'm 73 & doing all of my fishing in Florida now. I sure do miss those Ontario fish camps.
It definitely closed down a bunch of camps and slowed the industry down for sure
Delux outhouse!! That was a respectful tour of this beautiful area. Thanks for taking us along. The water looks really healthy
Thanks, it’s a beautiful lake. Has a really nice waterfall on the one end leaving the lake also
My grandmas sisters house is just like this. In Ryan Village, near Federal Dam and Bena. It’s been boarded up now, I’m glad I had opportunity to visit and walk through.
Always cool seeing old places , like taking a trip back in time!
It would be cool to see it respectfully like he did. I have property near there.
It really gets me how a place like this, at one time this place was a go to place and then boom it's all dead and left behind like no one wants it anymore. Looks like it was more then a Fishing Lodge, looks like they use as Hunting Lodge too.
They did hunt out of it also
A blessing and a legacy that should be preserved by the coming generations...so much hard work and dreams going to waste...a shame
It is for sure
Be nice to find out if the owners are interested in selling it…I’ve been looking for a place away from people,for the last few years of my life ❤
Unfortunately they just want to let it rot
@@darylgilbertoutdoors That logging road used to be much better. On the south end is a dam. Was the lake level raised and flooded their access?
Crazy! Lee Anderson from Brainerd was my neighbor growing up. He used to go up there and fish and hunt all those backcountry lakes. And now I do! I’ve literally driven past hear and not known it was there. Kewl video! Thanks!
That’s crazy!, thanks
Beautiful place.
I'm sure it was an awesome lodge, it's still beautiful.
The lawnmower lost the fight with the lawn.
It really did
This place is pre internet and amazing reminds me of my childhood we lived in a little log cabin like one of these
Always nice to be away from all that for awhile
If we live long enough, we see the dream come full circle.
One can only hope
Careful what you wish for , very careful
@@benwinter2420 There is a massive difference between experience and wishing for something. Most all my wishes have been realized except for one. It will be what my God provides. I don`t believe wishes and destiny are connected, that would be superstition. Good by child.
@@benwinter2420 You practice the word salad of leftism, get lost.
@@benwinter2420 Thank you for proving your sickness. Get lost.
I enjoyed that, thanks for taking us along
Thanks for watching
1996...Jesus...its hard to believe that was 30 years ago
Yea, seems like yesterday!
I can move in tomorrow
Guided this area of Rainy Lake/ Lake of the woods etc for many years, beautiful country!
Lots of nice lakes in that area for sure!
epic - just loved it
Thanks
Good job! Appreciate you taking us on a memorable tour, thanks
Thanks!
Pretty cool show my friend. Thanks for taking us along. And kudos to you, I kept expecting a horror movie to begin.
Thanks! , glad it didn’t haha
He didn't open the fridges.
Couple cabins look nice enough to move into, pile of wool blankets there, sheets didn't look too bad. Maybe someone is still crashing there .. ? The Ghost of the Lake
Possibly
Mudbug. Awesome bait! Also good to use as a diver to pull worm or leech harness for walleye
Cool old bait!
wow what a awesome campI It would be fun to reopen some of these with a little work.
It would for sure
Very cool place to discover and explore
It was!
Hard to believe camps like this are just left to rot.
It’s a shame for sure
@@darylgilbertoutdoors The owner passed away of Cancer Dec 26, 2010.
The same year of that Mercury Calendar.
Ask your self why?
I can believe it!! ,
@@chriscouture1570excuses excuses 😅
now a days its extremely expensive to run and hard to get labour and a small window to make money
Yea it’s definitely not what everyone thinks it’s is now days
look up - growing bananas in solar green house in Saskatchewan - This could be done there.
Great Video, I realy found this interesting, thanks.
Thanks!
Been watching you and your wife fishing recently, awesome hope your endeavor in fish lodge goes well
Thanks
Great video Daryl!
Thanks
For future reference deer flies & horse flies are active when tempature rises 71°F or above.
Cool place with lots of memories.
I’m sure there’s a ton of the best memories at that place. Would love to hear the stories
Beautiful
Sure is
Great watch!
Thanks
awesome vid!!!
Thank you!
Amazing drone work. Nice job.
Thanks
He is a beautiful dog.
He is
That seems like nice enough place I may just go there and finish out my days
Definitely!
If some buildings can stay in good shape for years, it should be easy to live in. ( @49.0031452,-93.3080349,229m/ )
Is that the illusive 10 mm socket ? Lol. I could own 5 of them and never find a one. Cool content! I love the wilderness. It would be awesome to live that dream.
Thanks!
Very cool
It is!
Very enjoyable video.
Thanks!
Cool video!
Thanks!
Sad this was left to ruin.
Definitely
Very cool 😎
For sure
Could be that the hairy man made them abandon it. It’s got that look. Thanks
Thanks , it’s a cool place
Yeah, sure does, who would throw rods outside and lots of downed trees.
Where was the water for showers coming from?? Water pipes were put in this site. Way back when??
Would have been a small pump in the lake that would pull into a wateroom with a pressure tank, filters, etc. usually poly lines just on the ground going cabin to cabin
My guess is likely early 2000's they stopped operating, some of the buildings upkeep was being neglected prior to that. The generator should of been upgraded in the 90's but other things like the stove and some of those cabins were newer, vinyl window I believe on the South cabin. What a difference those metal roofs make compared to shingles and rolled roofing. A shame the title didn't pass to another operator 20 years ago.
Exactly
It would have cool to see if there's fish still three. Guys might fly in with gill nets to bring to market.
No walleye in this lake
@@darylgilbertoutdoors I remember going to Eagle back in the day of 30 inch legal muskie, but walleye is a must for shore lunch. Going up we saw lots of signs for resorts but everyone seemed to go to the big water Lac Suel, must be about 4 big lakes and they bring the big mounts to the sports shows and smaller operators couldn't finance marketing. Cool looking place like it was frozen in time.
The first brochure you picked up had a picture in it of that big fireplace at the beginning @18:21
Yea that’s the one in the main building
Hasn’t been abandoned for too long. On the one kitchen counter was a 2010 Mercury calendar
Yea, not sure an exact date when it closed, but it shows it doesn't take long for things to fall apart back in the woods without proper maintenance and upkeep.
There's definitely signs of some people living in there not too long ago
The first cabin he went in had a pair of shoes, some clothes folded up in the corner and a journal on the dresser with a pen
What a shame for a place like that to be left to rot down ! ☮️❤️
For sure
56:45 I’m guessing the wind blew that window in. Looks like it fell straight onto that table and shattered.
Hopefully the wind and not vandalism
Well done video.
Thanks
Very interesting!
For sure
Some of them are abandoned due to WHAT lives in the Woods around them. Folks were chased out of many spots by SABAE ( Sasquatch ). SABAE is Well known today all over USA and many other places. Canada, BC, USA We are Loaded w them. Loaded...
That’s exactly the reason why this place closed down how did you know
Lee from Brainerd Mn,, me too!
👍
3/8 of an inch is 10mm so you did find the elusive 10 mil!
Should have kept it haha
It wouldn't take to much money to get thst place up and running again so many different versions of power now solar panels radiant hot water heaters 😊
Yea it wouldn’t be too bad
Man how did they get all that stuff in there by boat or plane or is there roads we're u can drive into this place imagine how big of a pain in da butt it must've been ? Lots of leg work for sure must've had a small army of helpers to assist with all the heavy lifting of things bet this place was super cool in its hay day hustling & bustling
This one had boat access and some small old logging road to get the most of the stuff in
highway isn't that far away.
SW of there a mile is some beautiful falls.
There is!
Was waiting to open the hood on the truck
Should of!
Mosquitoes the size of condors!!
Hey good bait.
They might carry you away if you’re not careful
What a mess . Someone should clean this up
Probably will never happen, I’d rather see someone fix it up and turn it back operational
My old motor needs that exact lower unit!!
Haha that one is probably not worth swapping out for
@@darylgilbertoutdoors just kills me I need it and down here can't find one, up there they are laying around!!! LOL 😆🤣😂
Such a shame that these places just left to rot and some big abandoned houses too. With so many homeless people nowadays we could do with somebody to renovate and help others to have a roof over their heads. Could be used as temporary homes, then repurpose as a fishing lodge again.
The location doesn’t really permit that
Pretty sure the fire place in the brochure at 18:33 is the same one you walked by at the start of the video
Different one, that big ones is in the main building
wow man threre is a baby big foot laying on the driver side of that old truck
Now you’re just getting carried away!
That would be a great spot to wet a line
Definitely
Guess the place closed when the owner passed heres the first line of the obituary.... Glen Treflin, age 59 of Fort Frances, Ontario passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario after a long battle with cancer. Guess his wife either didnt have the means or the desire to continue the camp after he passed.
There’s more to the story after that chapter I believe
Neat!
Definitely!
Sad it probably is a family dispute. Some probably want to sell and the others don't.
That would be brutal , just wait until it’s worth nothing
Perfect RV&Vanlife location. Who has money ?????
only certain people
It would take a lot to turn it into something unfortunately
@@darylgilbertoutdoors my approach would not be so much " turn it in to something ", as recover what it is and add RVPads . Weatherize and stabilize make it - they will come.
@@Paparoxx And destroy it…
What!,, Hey Daryl and Deke 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
👋🏻
It would still be a nice place for a lodge.
For sure!
Enjoyed the vid. Was quite a place in its time. You read and annunciate very well and must have gotten some good schooling.
Thanks, I would have loved to see the place when it was originally built. I’m sure it was an amazing place
Was it closed and not allowed to be used for fishing adventures because of mercury in the lake?
Not here no, there’s a few other places like that though north of this one a few hours
15:00 minute mark lure is what we in the south call a mud bug
Awesome
I would love to buy a place like this and live there with my cat and puppy
If some buildings can stay in good shape for years, it looks like it would be easy to live in. ( @49.0031452,-93.3080349,229m/ )
Sounds fun
man at 3:11 you are standing beside 3 sasquatch that are cloaking
Hiding in plain sight
i dont know how you can stand those flies, would be driving me beyond crazy
They were bad walking in but weren’t too bad once exploring around. They can get annoying though
Good then stay away besides no work.
Somebody had a bunch of money and energy. Took it all up to a gorgeous natural wilderness. Made a fish camp. Filled it with stuff. Ran it for years. And then, either ran out of money, or lost their health or died, or all of these things happened. And then it all falls to ruin, full of memories and junk. If nothing else it is a comfort to see Mother Nature gradually taking it all back again.
Would be nicer to se it operational again
Where's the Wood stove at in the sleeping quarters ?
Probably long gone
I looked this up on a map, Holy cow, talking about BFE. You'd need a sea plane to get there.
That’s what makes it nice
@coin.guy8411 = If the last part of the road is passable, it's 25 miles off the nearest paved road.
Is it for sale...
I don’t think it is
Beautiful place.
It is!
Did u c the microwave on the shelf?
Yes
Microwaves have existed for a long time...I remember having one as a kid in 1983
@someguy9778 since 1974,my grandmother had one with a twist dial with a timer ,,we got it,and I was cooking a hamburger,went outside, dial has a timer, got jammed,cooked the burger till it stunk the house up,and shriveled a 1/4 lb burger to the size of a golf ball!
That vise in the boat house should be rescued.
It should
Where is it ?
Northwestern Ontario
Ontario has so many of these 'dream' camps in various states of disrepair. You can get one for a steal, btw.
(They're more work & stress than they ever imagined).
Oh yea people don’t understand the work that needs and can be done everyday at these places
Bet that dodge helped build that place
More than likely!
is it on a good fishing lake .
Bass , small lake trout, average pike , some walleye nearby, and Muskie. But really nothing too special
May I ask where this is
@@bretwade1250 Northern Ontario
@@bretwade1250 based on the map he looked at in the big cabin it seems to be at 49.00317825961835, -93.30671034600132
Where is this and can it be bought.
Northwestern Ontario, I don’t believe it’s for sale unless something changed
It’s a shame to see it not being used for something good. Wish as a church/ youth camp. A not profit thing.
dang at 3:40 freeze video and look at what you are walkingh into
It’s a trap
You would need an army of people to resurrect that place.
And deep pockets
Arbogast lure at15 or so.
That frog looking bait on the table
Where abouts is the lodge...
Hidden in the backwoods
@@darylgilbertoutdoorsas it should be, folks should respect that
sphene lake ontario north east corner of Lake you can Google map it
@@RodMac1 Thanks that was easy enough. I don't understand why he wouldn't answer
Looks like the guy that lives there was waiting for you to leave. He's down by the water at 54:11
Either that or he was your boat ride
@@kbcustoms3571 brought someone along with me to have a look who didn’t want to be in the video
you can drive to that place there is a road
is at 54:14 if anyone is looking. If passable, the road in, is 25 miles length from the closest paved rd.
My guess is that 9-11 killed it. I stopped going to Canada after 9-11. Just wasn't worth the trouble
It was the end of a lot of lodges for sure
I know where you're at. That's.... On the water, in the forest 🤪
That’s exactly where I am