ELDORADO

NAME: Eldorado COUNTY: -- ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Warm Summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: A great Visit. REMAINS: Many buildings.

The first gold rush in Ontario occurred in 1866 when word of fabulous strikes came out of the wilderness of Hastings County. Prospectors, speculators and miners from across Canada poured into the area with the hope of finding their fortune. Within a few weeks, there were hotels, bars, brothels, boarding houses, mercantile stores and others that numbered more than eighty buildings. In the time it took to become a boomtown, Eldorado became a ghost town for many of the claims proved to be salted or fraudulent. Of the eighty or so buildings, there are about two dozen or that remain. If you visit Eldorado, bring your camera. Submitted by: Henry Chenoweth

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