Bannock Point Rehabilitation Camp

Demolished

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     Many people visit the Whiteshell to experience its pristine environment and breathtaking geographical features. I however could care less about nature so the reason why I made the trek to the provincial park based on exploration rather than experiencing God's creation. On a clear spring day I drove down the "road" leading to the building and found the ugly wooden building sitting in the middle of a man-made clearing. Since entry was easy and there were no "No Trespassing" signs anywhere I parked right beside the building.

      Honestly I cannot remember the details of the exploration but I will describe the building in the best possible manner. The building is in the shape of a cross, similar in shape to the Red Cross' symbol. There is not much left save for some coughts, storage compartments, a coke machine, some documents and a grill. All of the housing hall's are similar in layout and content, each room has a cought and storage unit.

     There are a few buildings littering the camp such as a maintenance building, some shack for waste disposal and a cottage in the back that had definitely seen better days. On the north side, the boundary was formed by a river that campers could swim in while on the south side the boundary was marked by a rock outcrop and baseball field.

     One of the most memorable aspects of the exploration was the horrendous amounts of Black flies, wood ticks and mosquitoes that swarmed me while walking between buildings and even inside the building. After pulling ticks off and scratching bites while driving back home I cursed nature and vowed I would get even with it.

Looking down one of the identical hallways.

Inside every bunk room was a bunk and this shelving unit.

A multi-purpose room.

Love the colours in the mess room.

There was still Coke in this machine.

It was bizarre what they left behind in the kitchen.

As they ripped everything else out but this.

"AA for the Native North American" This camp was primarily used to treat Aboriginals whom were chronic criminals and alcoholics.

List of rules for the campers.

Looking from the playing fields towards the main building.

Not even this shed could survive the demolition.