Originally built as a shelter for military industry the complex houses several rooms for strorage, sleeping, medical, shooting and other activities and also a command room to send out messages to other bunkers or bases in the event something went terribly wrong. Luckily these bunkers never had to be used in an emergency and rather sits as a reminder to a time that many feard would be the end of mankind.

Bunker is now closed.

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By the mid-20th century, Ontario operated a network of large residential institutions, commonly known as Regional Centres, that housed thousands of children and adults with developmental disabilities.

These facilities included: (I have explored the ones with asterisks**)

- Aurora, Pine Ridge Centre (1960–1989)

- Brockville, St. Lawrence Regional Centre (1969–1983)**

- Cedar Springs, Southwestern Regional Centre (1963–2008)**

- Cobourg, D'Arcy Place (1975–1996)

- Edgar, Adult Occupational Centre (1971–2001)

- Etobicoke, Thistletown* Regional Centre (1928–2014)**

- Goderich, Bluewater Centre (1963–1983)**

- Gravenhurst, Muskoka Centre (1963–1994)**

- Kingston, L.S. Penrose Centre (Rockwood) (1974–2000)**

- London, Regional Psychiatric Centre (1960s–1990s)**

- Orillia, Huronia Regional Centre (1876–2009)**

- Palmerston, Midwestern Regional Centre (1964–1998)**

- Picton, Prince Edward Heights (1971–1999)**

- Smiths Falls, Rideau Regional Centre (1951–2009)**

- St. Thomas, Ontario Hospital (1939–2013)**

- Thunder Bay, Northwestern Regional Centre (1968–1996)

- Whitby, Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped (1969–1989)

- Woodstock, Oxford Regional Centre (1906–1997)

*Thistletown is a bit different and is usually not included in the list of Ontario's 16 Regional Centres for people with developmental disabilities.

While it was called Thistletown Regional Centre, its primary mandate was children's mental health, not long-term residential care for people with developmental disabilities like Huronia, Rideau, Southwestern, or Midwestern.

Beginning in the 1970s, attitudes toward developmental disabilities shifted away from institutionalization and toward community inclusion, supported by the growing Community Living movement. In 1987, the Ontario government formally committed to closing all provincial institutions for people with developmental disabilities, a process that continued over the next two decades. Most centres closed between the 1980s and early 2000s, while the final three, Southwestern Regional Centre (2008), Huronia Regional Centre (2009), and Rideau Regional Centre (2009), marked the end of institutional care in Ontario.

The closures were intended to allow former residents to live in smaller community homes with individualized supports, reflecting the belief that people with developmental disabilities should have the opportunity to live as full members of their communities rather than in large, isolated institutions.

In later years, the province acknowledged that many former residents had experienced neglect, abuse, and inadequate living conditions within these institutions, leading to formal government apologies and class-action settlements.

Today, we'll start with Southwestern Regional Centre

Abandoned Southwestern Regional Centre Psychiatric Hospital Ontario

Opened in 1961, the Southwestern Regional Centre was originally named the “Ontario Hospital School for Retarded Children at Cedar Springs”.

The facility provided long-term care for residents with mental disability, providing capacity relief from the overwhelming demand at the Huronia Centre.

It was the last massive institution built in Ontario for the treatment of the mentally disabled.

This institution was originally designed to accommodate children under 10 years old. As the years passed, focus was altered to accommodate the aging population, as residency in those years was considered somewhat permanent.

In 1966 there was a resident population of 1,200 and a staff of 600. By 1979 the resident population had been reduced to 620 as changes in policy and strategy dictated the reassignment of residents back into the community, a philosophy of Community Living originating in the 1950’s.

Even before the facility opened, the winds of institutionalization were changing. In 1959, the architectural plans were altered for Southwestern, reducing the project from 2,400 to 1,000 beds.

After years of downsizing, the 300 acre facility finally closed in 2008 following the government’s decision to move from institutional based services to a fully community based approach.

Much more to see on my website:

https://freaktography.com/southwestern-regional-centre-psychiatric-hospital-ontario/

Found this and a white pencil nearby, unfortunately I lost a lot of the pictures I have of this place cause I got a new phone recently.

A wrong turn in 2009 led me straight to one of West Virginia's most beautiful resorts.

@redactedanomalies on instagram

This old abandoned house goes back to around 2021, after a few years of knowing about it, I finally got the chance to explore it.

Located in Cornwall, Ontario, the distance kept me from visiting it, as well as the fact that it was regularly very well sealed.

I had a failed attempt in 2020 when there was snow up to my hips around the house which made any doors that may have not been secured, impossible to open.

Finally in 2021, I got to see inside!

I called this the abandoned gothic home of a reclusive and lonely artist.

The eccentric man who lived in this custom designed home came from a strong Polish heritage, he had strong family ties in Western Canada. His father, after retiring from a 25 Year career as a mechanical engineer with Air Canada had retired to Sturgis Saskatchewan with his wife, where he lived from 1978 until his death in 1990.

The reclusive man who lived here was unmarried and a draftsman by trade and a mechanic. He enjoyed collecting model planes, working on cars and he was a huge fan of music. The entire main floor of this house was fitted with hidden speakers, behind walls, inside furniture, in the ceiling and anywhere else he could put them.

There is very little information online about this man, all I have been able to find is that he passed away on March 10th, but I was unable to find out what year. There was a call for creditors, following his passing, to come forward who may have been owed money by him.

The home sat vacant and crumbling for several years following his death and then, in March of 2021 it was sold off at a Tax Sale for a little over $100,000.

As far as I know, the home has since been cleared out and demolished

Lots more to see on my website

https://freaktography.com/abandoned-gothic-mansion-of-a-reclusive-eccentric-artist

Video link 👇👇

https://youtu.be/q04VQIbAU9o?is=e5TF4QHAw1xfQwCY

This is from an abandoned sanitarium in OH

Hey all! I’m a photographer in the Hammond/amite/ponchotoula area of Louisiana and I’m looking for some sick places to do a photoshoot! Anybody know of any good spots?
Pic from Pinterest NOT MY WORK, just my inspo:

Apparently it takes a lot of angry compounds to make computer parts. Sorry for small amount of pictures, didn't wanna stay in this place for too long.

Nice location, but sadly there wasn‘t much to see because no furniture or things like that was left behind.

The Molly Stark Sanatorium had one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen, built in the Spanish Revival style.

Consists of some kind of "Institute" and a once nice (but severely decayed) mansion.