“These are ghost town roads,” says Jeri Danyleyko, as the car jostles and bumps towards Altona, a ghost town located about an hour outside of Toronto near Stouffville.ĭanyleyko has been exploring ghost towns for almost 17 years, taking pictures of the forgotten towns and operating a website devoted to preserving their history. Turn-of-the-century homes, a general store and farm stands roll by as the car takes a turn off the main drag and down a windy gravel road. But unlike the wild, wild West, Ontario’s ghost towns are often more dying than dead.ĭriving along the Pickering-Uxbridge town line, it’s easy to feel as if one has stepped back in time. Say the word “ghost town” and images of empty saloons and tumbleweeds immediately come to mind.
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