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I am a Montreal based photographer/artist.

Walking Turcot Yards is a living changing document that really started when in the early 1990’s I began looking for a new project by just riding a bicycle along the Lachine Canal and seeing where that took me.

At that time I began to pay attention to grafitti and its appearance around the city, particularily in abandoned factories.

So that journey led me to the Turcot Yards, a vast incredible “abandoned” space in the south west of Montreal.

What happens now? I am not sure, but it is getting exciting for me. Somehow, a lot of things are beginning to make sense and I look forward to each day of this process with just a little more wonder about everything.

Neath

If you have any questions, ideas, or information about the history of Turcot Yards, please contact me at neathatturcot@yahoo.ca

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on December 19, 2006 at 4:02 am | Reply tugster

i like your aesthetic. i’m in new york and i’ve got great graffiti shots you’d love
on December 19, 2006 at 4:58 pm | Reply neath

Well, I would be happy to post them too!
on February 6, 2007 at 3:16 am | Reply tgrignon

Love the pix! Keep ‘em coming, mon vieux.
on February 11, 2007 at 6:00 pm | Reply footprintsontheceiling

Very cool blog. You have a great eye.
on February 11, 2007 at 9:03 pm | Reply vileboy

Intrigued by the concept. Cool Pics.
on February 15, 2007 at 10:07 pm | Reply Bernard

Hi – how would I go about submitting a photo?

Thanks
on February 17, 2007 at 2:03 am | Reply gionze

I discovered your site looking for info on Duisburg Nord. I am a landscape architecture student in Louisiana and am going to pass on your blog to my classmates. I think you are about to make 14 new readers.
on February 18, 2007 at 3:23 am | Reply neath

Thanks!
on February 26, 2007 at 10:45 pm | Reply radiantwoman

I googled on Dead Dog Tunnel and Yes, congratulations you are number one in the google.com search, at least one person other than you Googled on that!

I like your pictures, rather intense some of them. No people in it but you can still sense that they were there. I learned about Turcot Yard, exciting adventures to you!
on February 27, 2007 at 4:58 am | Reply neath

Thanks, Radiantwoman! Good to see you.
on April 14, 2007 at 2:27 pm | Reply azahar

hello neath,
Stopping by after you stopped by my place to comment on movie musicals … wow, it’s so cool to find places like yours through all of these little internet connections. I’m originally from Canada (now living in Spain) and many of the photos here strike a chord. Anyhow, nice to meet you.
on April 14, 2007 at 2:37 pm | Reply neath

Hi Azahar,
good to meet you too!
on April 25, 2007 at 1:37 pm | Reply M.Stankewitz

Hello there and greetings from Germany.
It would be interesting to read something about the history of this place. Will you write about that ?

all the best
Martin
on April 30, 2007 at 7:44 pm | Reply lulu83

Thanks for the comment. I’ve lived a bit all over so I’ve got some shots you’d really like in London, Middle East, and even Africa…Stay in touch.
on May 1, 2007 at 10:17 pm | Reply neath

Ok.
on May 10, 2007 at 5:15 pm | Reply shambot

love your work. urban exploration and industrial archeaology
are hobbies of mine as well. i’m curious about gunpowder park
in london before the reclamation project; do you or anyone you know have any photos of the park before June of 2004?
on May 11, 2007 at 11:07 am | Reply neath

As I recall it was hard finding any photos of Gunpowder Park.
Sometimes that happens.
on August 6, 2007 at 4:24 am | Reply Convergence « Singular Images

[...] I received a nice comment from a Monteral photographer (blog; Walking Turcot Yards) , who seems to like to take and enjoy images from bridges and underpasses and [...]
on August 6, 2007 at 4:39 am | Reply neath

Believe me, it didn’t start out that way, just sort of happened (smile).
on August 11, 2007 at 6:58 pm | Reply mariacristina

This photgraph looks like a shot of an urban sculpture. You give the viewer a unique look at what can be done with found objects. In this case, a found pile.

I found your website through Red Ravine. Great stuff!
on August 16, 2007 at 3:49 am | Reply gilles

love your blog. i’ve been biking/commuting to work through the yards myself lately.

G!
on August 16, 2007 at 4:13 pm | Reply neath

That’s great! Lots of people walk their dogs there and I know of one person who cross country skis there as well.
on October 1, 2007 at 3:18 am | Reply Hoh

Amazing photos! You are truly gifted!!!

Cindy
on October 3, 2007 at 6:52 pm | Reply Turcot Yards « Urban Lookout

[...] 3rd, 2007 · No Comments A couple of blogs have featured this location; Walking Turcot Yards, Worksongs, Falaise St jacques, Controleman and maybe even a few [...]
on October 11, 2007 at 7:28 pm | Reply dotgo

I found your blog as I had a comment email from wordpress but your comment didn’t come through.
That’s ok. The really great part is I found this blog and the photographs are rich.
I’ll really look at them after work.
Thanks!
on November 10, 2007 at 1:07 am | Reply Leslie’s Blog » Meet Neath

[...] Neath is a photographer/artist finding the beauty and serenity of this unusual place. Walking Turcot Yards is Neath’s blog about walking there, making Art there. [...]
on December 15, 2007 at 4:53 pm | Reply Idetrorce

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
on July 20, 2008 at 9:04 am | Reply thoughttrees

I love your blog. A wonderful find. You really have something to show/tell. So tired of reading poor fiction and posts by bored people:-)!
on November 11, 2008 at 10:47 pm | Reply st_sparrow

I too accidentally “discovered” the turcot yards a number of years ago while living near the tracks in st-henri. I was captivated by the unusual beauty of the wildflowers and overgrown grass against a seemingly forgotten industrial backdrop. A long walk led me to the “hidden forest”, the large patch of woods off to the side of the yards, which has a wonderfully overgrown trail running through it (I’m sure you’re more than familiar with it). Along this trail you can find many old, weathered wooden fence poles lodged into the ground – it makes me wonder if it just may have been a small road at one point.
on November 11, 2008 at 11:36 pm | Reply Factotum

st_sparrow, I think this is the trail you mentioned:

http://moblog.net/view/333406/walking-the-falaise-saint-jacques
on November 24, 2008 at 4:01 am | Reply st_sparrow

Thanks Factotum. Yes, definitely the Falaise-Saint-Jacques.
on July 7, 2009 at 4:38 am | Reply dream listener

hi neath,
karen here (aka dream listener) and i am looking for information on the train bridge that goes over glen street (between courcelle and landsdowne) i really like the construction of it and how it seems to be its own little space when you walk under it… a kind of passage from westmount into st-henri (or vice-versa)
if u have any leads?
i thought you’ld be the guy to ask.
thanks,
k
on July 7, 2009 at 5:52 am | Reply neath

Hi Karen,

Don’t have a lot on the history of that bridge but here is a Flickr page that may be of some help
http://www.flickr.com/photos/douaireg/2353705659/
on July 9, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Reply dreamlistener

thanks, i have found out the glen road was once a river that flowed into the st-laurence…and that the bridge was built in 1892 to replace an older wooden bridge.
on July 17, 2009 at 2:38 am | Reply thewomannexttoyou

Neath. I would love to see the world through your eyes.
on July 17, 2009 at 3:45 am | Reply neath

Thanks, but I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing:P
on July 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm | Reply thewomannexttoyou

Ha! good.
on July 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm | Reply neath

Cool!
on July 22, 2009 at 3:20 pm | Reply Jason Prince

There is a rumour out there of a locomotive buried in the Falaise Saint Jacques, someplace, rotting. Just to the West of the Turcot Interchange. Ever seen any evidence of it? Any photographs?

Great site.
For a hot Montreal debate about the future of this structure, see: http://www.turcot.ca.

Jas
on July 24, 2009 at 5:06 am | Reply neath

Not sure if that is an urban legend or not.

http://neath.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/mystery-at-otter-lake/

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