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| Al Capone Canada hideout |
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Al Capone secret floor door to escape tunnels |
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| Al Capone getaway house in Canada |
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| Capone hideout house in Canada |
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| Capone mystery device, counterfeiting? |
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| Back of Capone hideout house |
A shot from behind the house.
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| Al Capone driveway |
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| Al Capone house |
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| Famous Al Capone tree in Eastern Canada |
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| Al Capones famous tree in Ontario, Canada |
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.
