TORONTO , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY:  IN 1911 , SIR HENRY PELLAT HIRED ARCHITECH E.J. LENNOX TO DESIGN AND BUILD A CASTLE ON A HIGH POINT OF LAND , OVER-LOOKING TORONTO FROM ALL VIEWS...IT TOOK 300 MEN ALMOST 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE , AT A COST OF 3.5 MILLION AND ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION IN FURNISHINGS...HE ALSO OWNED A FINE STABLE OF HORSES THAT HE DIDNT LIKE VIEWED , SO HE WOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL THAT HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO LEAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE PROPERTY...WITHIN 9 YEARS , HE WAS BANKRUPT AND SIGNED THE CASTLE OVER TO THE CITY OF TORONTO FOR ROUGHLY 27,000 IN UNPAID TAXES..... ...SOME REPORTS INCLUDE:  STRANGE FEELINGS , BEING TOUCHED OR PUSHED WHILE INSIDE THE CASTLE , ALSO HEARING HORSES IN THE TUNNEL AND CARRIAGE HOUSE....

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...CIRCA - 1960'S...

...DATE UNKNOWN...

...THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES AND VIDEO TAKEN ON APRIL 12 , 2008...AN INTERESTING BUILDING ALONG WITH ITS HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS...WEATHER PREVENTED US FROM DOING ANYTHING OUTDOORS...NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTICED , PHOTOGRAPHED OR FOUND IN VIDEO...IT WAS OVERCAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN THAT DAY..............