NAPIER

NAME: NAPIER COUNTY: ONTARIO ROADS: 2WD GRID: CLIMATE: Snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring summer or fall

COMMENTS: REMAINS: The old school, church and a few original buildings still stand.

Of all the ghost towns in Ontario’s “deep south Napier remains the largest to have declined so rapidly. Along the banks of the Sydenham River there were saw mills, grist mills, flour mills, and woolen mills that were the largest in the entire area. There were two hotels, three stores, and a wagon and blacksmith shop. A brick church was built atop the south bank of the river overlooking the village. But then the railroads were taking their toll on the hamlets and mill towns and Napier was no exception.

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