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List of Figures
Home page / title image: Abandoned Amusement Park "Swing Carousel" (Photo retrieved from Darryl Moran via Flickr)
Figure 1: Ruins of the old Cataract Hydro Mill building (Photo by friend – Winter Danforth)
Figure 2: Photo of the abandoned railway (Photo by MH).
Figure 3: Archive photo of the Cataract Electric Company Building in the late 1800’s (Dignard, 2019).
Figure 4: Me and my friend standing on the edge of the waterfall – very dangerous and scary, so I would not recommend (Photo by MH)
Figure 5: The reinforced riverbank wall and my friend Caiden (Photo by MH)
Figure 6: Graffiti on the wall at the Cataract Electric Company (Photo by friend – Winter Danforth)
Figure 7: My friend, Cooper, standing on the edge of the wall over top of the waterfall at the Cataract Electric Company ruins (Photo by friend – Caiden Domingues)
Figure 8: Me sitting inside opening pictured in Figure 1 (Photo by friend – Caiden Domingues)
Figure 9: My friend, Sydney, and I sitting inside opening pictured in Figure 1 (Photo by friend – Caiden Domingues)
Figure 10: Exterior of St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo retrieved from WDT via Pinterest)
Figure 11: Exterior shot from an inside window of St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by friend – Nicholas Rivers)
Figure 12: Left behind Fire safety signage within the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by MH)
Figure 13: In all cases of injury/disease signage left behind in the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by friend – Sylvia Kirejczyk)
Figure 14: Me standing inside some sort of machine in the kitchen within the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by friend – Sylvia Kirejczyk)
Figure 15: Nick, Sylvia, and I urban exploring the bathroom within the Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by friend – Sylvia Kirejczyk)
Figure 16: Storage room with colourful shelving in the geriatric division of the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by MH)
Figure 17: The hallway for the geriatric division in the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by MH)
Figure 18: Nick and I walking down a hallway in the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital (Photo by friend – Sylvia Kirejczyk)
Figure 19: Back Exterior of McCormicks Biscuit and Candy Factory (Photo by MH)
Figure 20: Front Exterior of the McCormicks Factory (Photo retrieved from Alex Luyckx via Flickr)
Figure 21: Graffiti on the walls of the first floor in McCormicks factory (Photo by MH)
Figure 22: Graffiti on the walls of the fourth floor in McCormicks factory where the skylight is (Photo by MH)
Figure 23: Old elevator door in the McCormicks factory (Photo by MH)
Figure 24: Machinery left behind on the first floor of the Biscuit and Candy Factory (Photo by MH)
Figure 25: First floor of the McCormicks Biscuit and Candy Factory, open concept layout (Photo by MH)
Figure 26: Machinery left behind on the third floor of the McCormicks Biscuit and Candy Factory (Photo by MH)
Figure 27: Skylight on the fourth floor of the McCormicks factory for the purpose of cooling off the candy (Photo by MH)
Figure 28: Top floor of the McCormicks factory, Taken from the stairwell (Photo by MH)
Figure 29: Tiles from the pre-existing McCormicks factory building that has been torn down (Photo by MH)
Figure 30: Plant that is growing through the floor of the basement inside McCormick Biscuit and Candy Factory (Photo by friend – Nicholas Rivers)