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This is another image from my recent drop-in to the Jordan Flea market, more properly known as the Prudhomme’s Antique And Vintage Market. The reason I had stopped there was a bit of a traffic snafu was making westbound travel on the Queen Elizabeth Way/QEW, and I decided to get on the North Service Road to get back to Grimsby, Ontario. The property sits on a narrow strip of land squeezed between the QEW and the South shore of Lake Ontario on the West side of Jordan Harbour. On weekends the various vendor stalls offer a wide range of, well, flea market staples, which most people call the junk in the attic, basement or garage, as appropriate. One of the vendor stands was jammed with the priceless treasures the vendor would be offering his/her clientele on the weekend. The thing that caught my eye was a mannequin bust topped with a pink ‘hat’ on which was embroidered ‘Canadian Princess’. - JW

Date Taken: 2025-06-13
Date PP: 2025-06-21

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Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 66mm, ISO100 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/6.3 1/500 sec . PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, slightly darken overall by setting Exposure Compensation to EV-0.11, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to recover both highlight and shadow detail, use the Tone Curve 2 tool in Parametric mode to further recover the Shadows (mainly to bring out a bit of detail in the lurking raven statue upper left), slightly increase Contrast as well as Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, slightly boost Vibrance, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: sharpen, save, scale to 6000 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3100 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.

Given a bit of a traffic snafu was making westbound travel on the Queen Elizabeth Way/QEW messy, I decided to get on the North Service Road to get back to Grimsby, Ontario. Along the way, I experienced a moment of weakness and stopped in at the Prudhomme’s Antique And Vintage Market, or, as most locals know it, the Jordan Flea market. It sits on a narrow strip of land squeezed between the QEW and the South shore of Lake Ontario on the West side of Jordan Harbour. On weekends the various vendor stalls offer a wide range of, well, flea market staples, which most people call the junk in the attic, basement or garage, as appropriate. I went to one of the vendor sheds which featured a distinctive redish, yellowish, and greenish striped paint theme. Oh, and a couple of vintage food signs. - JW

Date Taken: 2025-06-13
Date PP: 2025-06-18

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Tech Details:

Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 55mm, ISO110 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/4.0 1/500 sec . PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, level image, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, slightly darken overall by setting Exposure Compensation to EV-0.53, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to recover both highlight and shadow detail, slightly increase Contrast in L-A-B mode, slightly boost Vibrance, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Levels tool in Auto mode to get a good base tonality, use the Contrast/Brightness tool to slightly decrease both contrast and brightness, duplicate the image to a new layer and use the Contrast/Brightness tool on that layer to significantly increase contrast and decrease brightness and also get rid of a green cast in the signs so as to get a better looking pair of signs on the left disregarding the impact on the rest of the image and the add a black/transparent layer mask to that layer after which white paint is used to paint in the two signs and get them to appear, create new working layer from visible result, sharpen, save, scale to 6000 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3100 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.

An old light fixture waits for someone to love it again in a flea market near Jordan Harbour

The shipwreck La Grande Hermine lies locked in ice in Jordan Harbour in the Golden Horseshoe region of southern Lake Ontario, Canada. The masts have since been removed.

I suspect that many people who have passed by this ship on the QEW highway have wondered about it, as I had, and there isn't any information about it if one gets off the highway to have a closer look. But through the magic of the interwebs, I have found an explanation about it, here.

Jordan, Ontario.

I suspect that many people who have passed by this ship on the QEW highway have wondered about it, as I had, and there isn't any information about it if one gets off the highway to have a closer look. But through the magic of the interwebs, I have found an explanation about it, here.

Jordan, Ontario.

I suspect that many people who have passed by this ship on the QEW highway have wondered about it, as I had, and there isn't any information about it if one gets off the highway to have a closer look. But through the magic of the interwebs, I have found an explanation about it, here.

Jordan, Ontario.

Coming home from St Catharines via the Queen Elizabeth Way/QEW, I stopped briefly at the flea market at Jordan Harbour. A quick wander about, camera in hand, yielded a few images. This shed clearly took advantage of vinyl siding left-overs in various not-so-popular colours to clad the exterior. Nicely placed was a red Coca Cola machine to add a bit of punch to the composition. And while you enjoy your refreshing, cold beverage, you can relax on the conveniently placed chair (if you trust it). - JW

Date Taken: 2023-04-06

(c) Copyright 2023 JW Vraets

Tech Details:

Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 120mm, ISO100, Auto WB, Matrix metering, Aperture Priority Mode, f/11.0, 1/50 with an EV+0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 9000px wide, level the image, crop a little off the right side and bottom preserving the original aspect ratio, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool rotated to cover the right side of the frame corresponding to the Coke machine, slightly boost Contrast very slightly and Chromaticity as well as Lightness in L-A-B mode, set colour balance by sampling the white lettering on the Coke machine, boost Vibrance a little, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Curves tool to darken the ‘blacks’ and then also darken the very lightest areas while still preserve enough tonality in the ‘whites to be able to differentiate the mortar lines in the cinder block wall, use the Hue-Saturation-Brightness tool on the yellow channel only to boost the saturation a bit to clean up the colour of the protective plastic cable protectors, sharpen slightly, save, scale image to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px wide for posting online, sharpen, save.

Name means "little weasel;" was formerly a floating restaurant.

Or officially known as La Grande Hermine, is a replica of one of the 3 ships that Jacques Cartier used when exploring and the St. Lawrence river back in 1535. This is the largest one — measuring 140 feet long. The ship was constructed in 1914 in Quebec and began as a ferry on the St. Lawrence, and later became a cargo ship, and then a floating restaurant. It was in 1991 that the vessel was converted into a replica ship. This abandoned ship came to Jordan Harbour in 1997 with the intention of being turned into another restaurant or a gambling venue. In January of 2003, it was the victim of an arson fire. Luckily, the entire La Grande Hermine didn’t go up in smoke, and its damaged and “rustic” look actually adds to photographs and gives it more wonderment behind the history of this curious “shipwreck”. It is now a distinctive Niagara landmark and a roadside attraction to many people.

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There are reports that the masts may be removed from this "treasure" in Jordan Harbour, so I wanted to capture a few more photos, and sure hope this landmark can be spared.

One more sunset is added to the days La Grande Hermine sits rusting in Jordan Harbour. Built in Quebec in 1914 as a cargo ship, it spent its days on the St Lawrence River before becoming a restaurant and undergoing a refit as a replica of one of Jacques Cartier's ships. Arson ended its career and it is now a popular stop for the curious along the highway near Niagara Falls.

This old ship wreck sits in Jordan Harour, Ontario. It's a replica of one of the ships used by Christoper Columbus.
Photo by © F.G. Couch

Fishermen on the break wall start to head home at sunset in Jordan Harbour. The actual sunset was behind me, but the colours in this direction were amazing.

The harbour was frozen (mostly) and I was able to get a different angle of this landmark that is grounded on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Photo by © F.G. Couch