The Creekside Bar and Grill, a small eating establishment in picturesque Battersea, Ontario.

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The Creekside Bar and Grill, a small eating establishment in picturesque Battersea, Ontario.

Abandoned building that once housed Battersea Bait and Bolt, a combined bait and hardware store and Oxblo Services, offering cold lockers for storage. Businesses were viable in earlier times. View from East side of road, looking North. Photo taken August. 2013. — Abandoned building t…

One of two dams that regulate the water level in Loughborough Lake, the other one is at the north-east end. There were two saw mills, a flour mill and a cheese factory using water power here in 1878. — One of two dams that…

Bethel Pentecostal Church in Battersea, — Bethel Pentecostal C…

The limestone part of this building was the first home of Henry van Luven, the founder of Battersea, in 1840. Most recently it was the Holiday Manor Fishing Lodge which closed in 2012. Building now for sale and vacant. — The limestone part o…

Battersea General Store, the only store in the tiny, historic hamlet of Battersea. Battersea is the last "settlement" on South Frontenac road 11 until Jones' Falls. Photo taken on a hot, sunny day, Aug. 2013. — Battersea General St…

Unused and ramshackle boathouses on Battersea Creek bear mute testament to a former time when fishermen flocked to Battersea to pull bass and pike out of Loughborough and Dog Lakes. — Unused and ramshackl…

Boathouses in Battersea, ON — Boathouses in Batter…

Unused, decrepit, boat-mooring docks jut out into Battersea Creek as silent memorials to the heydey of the Holiday Manor Fishing Resort in Battersea. — Unused, decrepit, bo…

The former Holiday Manor Fishing Lodge, now closed and vacant, viewed looking east across Battersea Road. Was the residence of the founder of Battersea, Henry van Luven. (taken Aug. 2013) — The former Holiday M…

An interesting small stone building about 150 years old. It may have been part of the flour mill located near here in 1878. — An interesting small…

Holiday Manor Fishing Lodge viewed looking north on Battersea Road. The lodge did not open for the 2012 season due to declining business. Photo taken August 2013. — Holiday Manor Fishin…

Close up of sign on abandoned building in Battersea, Ontario. Building formerly housed a cold locker rental service and a bait and hardware store. — Close up of sign on …

A very popular snowmobile route to Loughborough Lake from Battersea. The Creek Side Restaurant and Tavern in Battersea is a popular rest spot. — A very popular snowm…

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