Ontario White Sulphur Springs 1870
Have you ever smelled sulfur?  It has a memorable odour reminiscent of rotten eggs, but relaxing in a spa with sulphur water, was thought to be good for your health. In the mid 1860s, Charles Dunnett was drilling for oil when he inadvertently hit a sulphur spring.  Always the entrepreneur, Dunnett built the Ontario White Sulphur Springs around 1870 and promoted his health spa across the continent.   Commonly known as the Bath House at the Forks of the Thames in London, the Sulphur Springs survived as a tourist attraction well into the 1900s.  It was a place to go swimming and a boarding dock for a trip on a river steamer.
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