Top 3 Abandoned Places In Alberta

There are so many abandoned places in Alberta! This is a list of the top three abandoned places in Alberta. Browse through all abandoned places in Alberta

1. Charles Camsell Hospital

The Charles Camsell Hospital is very famous Hospital in the city of Edmonton. It was built from 1942-1945 to help for the treatment of tuberculosis. It is named after Charles Camsell who was a geologist and map-maker. He loved exploring the Canadian North.

This hospital between 1945 -1967 was being ran as an occupational therapy program for indigenous people. However the medical practices that were performed caused multiple lawsuits further down the road.

However a new 385 bed hospital was built from 1966-67 and operated until 1996. It was closed due to health care cuts. It was pretty much left abandoned/condemned because the amount of asbestos the building had. Over the years to come many developers would purchase/or put bids on the building or land. However with the cost of asbestos remediation the developers would bow out. Finally in 2018 a developer had came and bought the building/land. To this day is it being repurposed to be used for seniors condos. Which is awesome to see.

I was a patient of his hospital when I was younger. I still have one patient bracelet left. I used to live across the street from it as well. My dad carried me on his back when I broke a toe to the emergency room once. 

This place when it was abandoned was extremely hard to get into. I was never able to get inside. It has a barbed wire 8ft fence surrounding it. Also security is always present. There were only a few who managed to get in. Check this video for an inside glimpse (this is not my video) https://youtu.be/zggGqraWlSI. A lot of people have done paranormal investigations in this hospital as it is haunted. Many strange activities have occurred here.

I will post a few stock photos for now. I will get out there to take a few pictures of what it is looking now.

2. Town of Lille

Historic Townsite of Lille. Once a coal mining town all that remains today is the foundation of the Lille hotel and the coke ovens. The coke ovens here are very intact to this day. The particular type of coke oven found here is extremely rare in North American as they were designed and built in Europe then shipped to Canada for use here.

3. East Coulee

This is a mining community in the Canadian Badlands that has been dwindling for years. With originally over 3,000 people, the population is down to 140 people and decreasing more each year. There are a few people that live in the main "downtown strip" of East Coulee... but it is quite eerie. There is an old school museum. An abandoned mining bridge over the river that leads to a derelict mine, and the remains of an old rail trail which goes throughout most of the Badlands and Drumheller area.

There are many tiny, mini houses along the main street... some empty, some not. There are a few stores... completely forgotten, but looking through the windows you can see everything still exactly in it's spot. There are many historic sites, ghost towns, and abandoned buildings around East Coulee, Drumheller, and the Canadian Badlands.