The Haunted Cheese Factory

Hello there,

Here are some photos from our day trip last Saturday as we tootled along the small highways and country roads of Northumberland. Codrington is a tiny little town on Highway 30 and Campbellford is a larger town also on 30. Growing up, my family had cottages in both towns at different times.

Enjoy,

Erin

Driving in towards Campbellford (I'm not sure what this town/hamlet is called), I was always fascinated by this old cheese factory. It's now standing, but in need of repair. It looks like a haunted house, but there are lace curtains on some windows and there are two mailboxes outside it, so there's actually a chance that someone lives in it now.
Remnant of the old Cheese Factory sign. I wanted to get closer for a photo, but I didn't want to trespass too much, plus it was starting to rain and an angry dog was barking across the highway. Why do country dogs always seem to come out of nowhere and scare you?

This is an old church on the outskirts (going the opposite direction - east) of Campbellford. It is now the home to the Stone Church brewery. The side of the building is their outlet. You can actually buy beer there, which they'll bottle on the spot. They also sell Stone Church souvenirs. The main part of the church is where you'll find the large copper brewing tanks.

To the east of Stone Church, you'll find this austere looking mason hall.
It sits at a three way intersection called, Pethericks Corners. I thought it was interesting that they had a marker sign installed when it's such a remote intersection.
Stone Church has a sparse cemetary. I didn't crawl over the fence to get photos. Maybe another time.
Across from Stone Church, you'll find an abandoned building in an overgrown field.

Beauty surrounds and the air smells lush and heavy with a sweet grass scent.
Across from Stone Church is a cemetery that has some very old tombstones. It is still being used and there were tombstones with dates of the recently deceased.

Stone Church was originally called Zion Church. As you can see, it's quite old for the area.
Stone Church Brewery keeps flexible hours as you see.


This was our first cottage. It's an old schoolhouse my parents bought in the early seventies for a few thousand dollars. They did all the work and created rooms out of the open space. I remember the wood-burning stove in the middle of it. We loved going up to Codrington on the weekend. We were a city family and having the opportunity to run around in the big field that was our backyard, really made me appreciate nature. Later, my parents sold the schoolhouse and we bought an old wooden two story house in Campbellford, which was sadly destroyed by fire in the early eighties.
Beside the schoolhouse is the Orange Hall. That's what everyone called it. I'm surprised it's still standing. I think the current owners of the schoolhouse use it for storage space. I'm not sure if it was called the Orange Hall because of its colour, or possibly because Protestants met there. The schoolhouse was Protestant and another schoolhouse for Catholic students was down the road.

Sinking roof