Ron Brown's Books

Ron Brown has been writing books about ghost towns, railways, and other unusual things in Ontario since 1978, and has written more than 20.

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From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline

Travel the shoreline of Lake Ontario to discover ghost ports, forgotten coves, old forts and historic lighthouses
Published 2010 by Dundurn Press
224 pp with colour illustrations
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'The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore' book cover

The Lake Erie Shore: Ontario's Forgotten South Coast

The Lake Erie shoreline has born witness to some of Ontario's earliest history
Published 2009 by Dundurn Press
192 pp with colour illustrations
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The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

An illustrated history of role of the train station in Canada's history
Updated 3rd edition published 2008 by Dundurn Press; originally published by Broadview Press
185 pp with colour and B&W illustrations
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Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage

A photographic visit to Ontario's many ghost town sites
Updated 3rd edition published 2007 by Boston Mills Press
208 pp with colour and B&W illustrations
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Top 100 Unusual Things to See in Ontario

This book reveals landscape surprises right in our own backyards
New edition published 2007 by Boston Mills Press
208 pp with 100 colour illustrations
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Behind Bars

Inside Ontario's heritage jails
Published 2006 by Dundurn Press
160 pp with B&W illustrations
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Downtown Ontario

A look at Ontario's most unusual main streets
Published 2003 by Polar Bear Press
206 pp, illustrated
Out of print; available from author for $15.00 + S&H - Buy from Author

The Last Stop: Ontario's Heritage Railway Stations

A guide to Ontario's federally designated heritage railway stations
Published 2002 by Polar Bear Press
192 pp, illustrated
Out of print; available from author for $18.00 + S&H - Buy from Author

Castles and Kings, Ontario's Mansions and the Men and Women Who Built Them

Published 2001 by Polar Bear Press

Disappearing Ontario

Published 1999 by Polar Bear Press

Ontario's Secret Landscapes

Published 1999 by Boston Mills Press

Ghost Towns of Ontario, Field Guide, Vol 1 and Vol 2

Published 1997/1999 by Polar Bear Press

Toronto's Lost Villages

Published 1997 by Polar Bear Press

Ontario's Vanished Villages

Published 1996 by Polar Bear Press

50 Even More Unusual Things to See in Ontario

Published 1991 by Boston Mills Press

50 Unusual things to See in Ontario

Published 1989 by Boston Mills Press

Ghost Towns of Canada

Published 1988 by Cannonbooks

Ontario Ghost Towns and Scenic Backroads Atlas

Published 1985 by Cannonbooks

Backroads of Ontario

Originally published 1984 by Hurtig Publishers; subsequent editions by McClelland and Stewart and Boston Mills Press

Ghost Towns of Ontario, Vol 2

Published 1983 by Cannonbooks

Ghost Towns of Ontario

Published 1979 by Stagecoach Press; later republished as Volume 1 by Cannonbooks