Al Capone hideout in Canada Eastern Ontario ➡quadeville ☑

Al Capone Canada hideout

When asked by police what his business in Canada was,
Capone replied "I dont even know what street Canada is on"

Gota love that sarcastic, "you wont fool me copper" kinda humor.


This unique piece of history was almost lost to the trees when I arrived as it seems no one is taking care of it, or interested in preserving part of Canadas controversial past. When you first walk up the evidence of vandalism is everywhere. The place has been treated like a dump and is embarrassing to know my fellow Canadians are mostly to blame. Why someone needs to deface history to prove they were there when all there doing is adding to the breakdown and ruin of said object is beyond me/idiotic. The very thing they felt so interested in, they then chose to add to its destruction. Makes absolutely no sense to me. All this tagging/marking/vandalism does is make the actual land owner
( yes, this is private property ) want to enforce his rights so no one can come here. So, all that people are really doing by tagging is wrecking it for the rest of us, and possibly your future children.
Dont be a jerk, let others enjoy the fun too.
As the saying goes, "take a picture, itll last longer".

Rant done.

Al Capone hide out in quadeville Ontario, Canada

From what I understand, it was just boarded up a year or two ago, but I managed to find a broken window and had to take some pics before this place was either destroyed or turned into someones home; the risk was worth the reward from my perspective.
If you go, be careful, the floor was caving in all over and the fact that its all boarded up now means there is no light, making the holes even more dangerous ( bring a flash light, my Iphones light didnt work all that well from my experience ). There is also NO cell service, so if something happens to you, your on your own. If you can, dont go alone.

 One of 4 bedrooms.

Al Capone original fireplace in Canada hideout

I decided to add some noise in the photo to give it that old time scary movie vibe something like a blair witch project effect. I had shot this on my Iphone so noise/graininess wasnt a problem, *chuckles to himself*  but with the right tweaking on PS it gives the feel like its right off a horror  movie role.

Looks to be the original fireplace. How this place didnt go up in flames already I dont know; It just goes from fireplace to wood floor, maybe Im just to used to things being to code. lol.

 2nd bedrrom

Kitchen area. The one thing I noticed was there are lots of doors at this place compared to usual houses.

 Bathroom.

Al Capone secret floor door to escape tunnels

 Hidden door to basement in kitchen, supposedly leading to underground escape tunnels. 

 Kitchen area

Al Capone getaway house in Canada

3rd bedroom

 Front entrance with boarded up window and door.

Capone hideout house in Canada

Front entrance

 4th bedroom. Ive heard people try and say this was a torture room but I have my doubts. There are wires hooked up to the wall and a mount but the cables could only hold something mildly heavy, Definitely not a human. The first thing that came to mind was old photos Ive seen of when counterfeiters dried there money on similar wire racks. I could just be jumping to that idea because of the criminal nature of Capone tho. It does also look like how they deal with old negative photos, but I have a hard time believing Capone was into photography that much.

Capone mystery device, counterfeiting?

Another shot of the mount used on the other side. It looks to be original judging by the age of the ropes. Could be wrong tho.

Back of Capone hideout house

 A shot from behind the house.

Al Capone driveway

Capons driveway. If you didnt know it was there, youd probably drive right by. The house is not visible from the road. No signage or numbers.

Al Capone house

Famous Al Capone tree in Eastern Canada

 The famously odd shaped tree at Capons house.

Al Capones famous tree in Ontario, Canada

Very weird looking, anyone got any ideas as to why this happened? My first thought was that its been used a target practice.

If the owner by fluke of a chance sees this, I would gladly come clean up from time to time for the sake of preserving history and alleviate this herculean task off your shoulders. A bit of a thank you for letting me take these pics.

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Princess sodalite mine ▨Ontario▨ ▣Canada▣ ♦ ♢ ☼ ☀Dign For treasure ☼ ☀ ♦ ♢

Princess Sodalite mine

The princess sodalite mine has been a destination high on my rockhound priorities list. When I was young, my uncle gave me a piece of sodalite, fascinated by its colour, and little did he know, that mineral would snowball my curiosity for the field.

( If theres one thing Ive learned from this, its, Give your child, or any child for that matter, a few of your specimens, 

you never know who you will inspire )

Today couldnt have been better, it was 23C, early spring ( no bugs...yet), bright blue sky, and for the most part, it was me, by myself, digging all day. I had brought some carrots, a peach, few apples, and a mason jar of water 

( cant forget the toilet paper!! ? all they have there is ? ONE ? outhouse ? )

This dig does not require any fancy tools, A simple rock hammer and maybe crack hammer would be good but even those are not necessary.

( One thing that would be a good idea to bring is a good pair of safety goggles tho ).

Other then that I brought a UV flashlight and my camera to test and capture what was around,
Of coarse, I get lost in picking and forgot to take pictures of what I was doing/found. lol.

Mine cart in front of Sodalite mine Ontario, Canada.

Princess Sodalite mine

( It took a lot of work to get rid of the poles and wires, Im still tweaking it tho, needs a little more work on the right side, I will come back and post the update later )

The View driving in looks like something the group of seven would paint, a scene so perfect that even the overhead wires seemed to drift away as I became swept up in the beauty, fresh air and relief of knowing this past winter was finally behind us. There is an old mine cart that sits out front stacked with a  rockhounds treasure. Across the road lyes a large body of water, infusing the air with an aroma impossible to capture in a glade plug-in 

( can you tell I dont like those things?).

Ill be honest,  this was one of the easiest drives to go rockhounding, I think it was nearly one or two turns off 62. There is ample parking, its a no worries type of place, if you want to head out to your car to eat lunch then go back to picking, you can. Its a very easy going vibe, thanks in large part to its  owner.

Walking up, the gargantuan sodalite pieces greet you at the door.
drool........

Princess sodalite mine greetings rock.

It was so bright that day I didnt even notice I was in the shot, lol. Ah well, it will have to do.

Princess Sodalite mine Ontario

Sodalite

Sodalite Ontario, Canada.

spaghetti coral

I managed to find a small specimen in the pile out back.

Conglomerate lava

I also found some of the that brownish/red rock to the top-right. Its a lava conglomerate and from what Im told, its from around the Greece area.

Princess Sodalite mine shop

The inside is a great little shop, they have all kinds of specimens from ontario and around the world. They have everything from home accessories, jewelery, sample specimens, healing stones, fossils, rock/mineral books, and info on other mines in the area. The owner is extremely friendly and the only reason I didnt get a picture of him was, I find it strange asking people I dont know for theyre picture. Other then that, He is willing to listen and help identify what you have, cant say enough good things about the man. 

Amethyst tree

I think the tree was a really neat piece. It caught my eye when I walked in.

Sodalite jewelry

This is some jewelery made from the sodalite mine here in Ontario.

Sodalite jewelry

Sodalite jewelery

Princess sodalite mine specimens for sale

Sample specimens.

Princess sodalite mine specimens for sale

Very reasonably priced specimens.

Princess sodalite mine fossils for sale.

Fossil

Princess sodalite mine fossils for sale

Princess sodalite mine fossils for sale

Im gonna get one of these the next time I go, I was so tired at the end of the day I kinda forgot they were there.

Princess sodalite mine jade inuksuks playing hockey

I really like the inukshuks playing hockey.

Princess sodalite mine specimens

BISMUTH - Prices sodalite mine

I actually picked up a piece of bismuth as a mothers day gift.

Azurite?

Is this azurite?

Rock/mineral books sodalite mine

Display case of healing stones, rock/mineral books and other accessories.

Native art.

1.

1.Calcite quartz 2. geode -amethyst 3.?

Geode.

It looked like they were making eggs out of pyrite.

Princess Sodalite mine Ontario - Black tourmaline

Princess Sodalite mine mountain- Ontario

This is the path to the rock pile, its not far from the actual building. VERY convenient when hauling a large bucket.

Princess Sodalite mine Ontario, Canada

Mountainous area blocked off with roap so the little ones know where not to go 

( good for a family outing,)

Please, dont let your kids yell and scream and throw rocks all over the place, this just ruins it for everyone else. NO EXCUSES PARENTS.

Princess sodalite mine rock pile

This is the tailings pile, from what I understand, it gets filled up a few times a year with more rocks/minerals and the fun continues. While I thought it would be bigger, and at first I wasnt finding much, but this was all my fault and all to change in due time. I thought I would check the sides of the pile but that turned out to be a bust, so I thought, If they were dumping it in here it must be piled up in the middle, so the digging began and the beauties started popping out of everywhere.

Princess sodalite mine specimens from around the world

These small specimens were just some stuff I didnt have, they are ( from right to left )
1-Green opal, 2-calcopyrite 3-green quartz 4-fuchsite

Rocks/minerals from princess sodalite mine

It was late, I had only the kitchen light to assist me, I will have to take some more pictures as these ones did not do my diggings any justice.

Gems from princess sodalite mine

These are some of the gem/minerals I found. There was a lot of apatite, some rose quartz and Im not sure what that black looking mineral in the top right is, well, its actually redish/purple but the camera cant pick it up. Also, there is a black mineral on the far left, to the right of the rose quartz, I think it might be black tourmaline?.

Fossils from Princess sodalite mine

Some of the fossils I found range from clam shells to corals. They must have shipped these in from Ottawa/Montreal/Quebec because, I was just reading a book on fossils (road rocks of Ontario- Nick Eyles- http://www.amazon.ca/Road-Rocks-Ontario-Geological-Discover/dp/1550418599 )  and these look exactly like what was shown from Quebec/Montreal area.
( FANTASTIC book by the way, I will be picking up the entire collection )

Sodalite from princess sodalite mine Ontario, Canada

Some of the pieces of sodalite I found.

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