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- From the 1860s until his death in 1897, Alexander Walbridge was an inventor, a manufacturer, and a builder in the village of Mystic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. He left an imprint that remains to this day in the form of a remarkable twelve-sided barn, a Gothic-style brick church, and the upper story of a building that once afforded local students higher education. Older residents of Mystic also remember Lakelet Hall, the brick mansion that Walbridge built, and recount tales that have been passed down over the years about the alligators and tropical plants that he kept on his estate. Combining historic engravings, paintings, and photographs; live-action footage of the beautiful Walbridge farm; and interviews with Walbridge's four grandchildren, as well as with a retired restoration architect, this documentary re-creates the fascinating story of a nineteenth-century visionary's life and work.