There is a useful local guide, but I did not find one authoritative map that proves every ghost-town remnant is currently accessible. The best starting point is BancroftOntario’s current Bancroft and Area Ghost Towns guide, which combines short histories with links or directions for several former settlements.[1]

What the local guide covers

• Blairton and Craigmont: mining and industrial settlement histories, including Craigmont’s corundum operation and remaining smelter or foundation references.[1]
• Eldorado: a gold-rush settlement that grew rapidly in 1866 and was abandoned after the mining hopes failed.[1]
• Foymount: the former radar-base settlement, with the guide giving directions from Highway 512 and Opeongo Road.[1]
• Millbridge and Umfraville: settlements associated with the Old Hastings Road, with the guide describing their former buildings, services and eventual decline.[1]
• Wallace: the guide describes the old church and cemetery and a boarded community hall, and gives directions from Maynooth.[1]

How to turn the guide into a current trip plan

1. Use the BancroftOntario guide for the historical names and starting directions.[1]
2. For an ATV or other trail-based approach, check EOTA’s current interactive map and route information; EOTA identifies its network as serving activities such as hiking, cycling, horseback riding, ATVing and snowmobiling, and provides a map link from its trail page.[2]
3. Check the relevant EOTA pass information before riding an EOTA route.[3]
4. Use Ontario’s Crown Land Use Policy Atlas to inspect area-specific Crown-land boundaries and policies, but do not use it as a navigation or private-property map. Ontario expressly warns that its mapping is illustrative and should not be treated as an accurate travel route or precise indicator of privately owned land.[4]
5. Compare the historical location with current road signs, gates and private-property notices. The local guide itself says to verify locations and directions and not to trespass.[1]

For deeper historical checking, the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County says many Hastings County Historical Society photographs and maps have been digitized and placed online.[5] Those materials can help confirm an old settlement’s name, road, church, mill or map reference, but they should not be treated as proof that a modern road or trail is open to visitors.

Bottom line: start with BancroftOntario’s Ghost Towns guide for the best single local history overview. Use EOTA for current recreational-trail information and the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas for land-use context, then verify access on the ground. Expect some sites to be remnants rather than public attractions, and do not enter buildings, cemeteries or private land without permission.

Road conditions, trail permissions, gates, ownership, closures and site conditions can change. Verify the exact destination immediately before travelling.

Information checked August 20, 2026.

Sources

• [1] Bancroft Ghost Towns
• [2] The Trails - Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance
• [3] Passes - Eastern Ontario Trails Alliance
• [4] Crown Land Use Policy Atlas - Ontario.ca
• [5] Community Archives - Hastings County Historical Society