Top 3 Abandoned Places In Guelph

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

1. Stone Rd Prison Quarry

Located south of the old correctional center hidden in the brush you can stumble across plenty of old remains from the quarry that operated here between 1912 - 1970's, when it was closed down. Today, Old foundations for buildings, train tracks and equipment litter the massive site, as well as a wooden train bridge that led to the stone crushing plant, which still exists but is now part of Cargil. A shooting range the guards used to use still holds bullets over 50 years old. And of course the quarry itself. From this quarry the prisoners helped build Guelph in its early years, including the nearby East Bow Truss bridge.

Also a great place for rockhounding and fossil hunting, as the quarry has exposed the reef that was here over 400 million years ago.

2. Better Beef Limited

This old house was once part of the old Better Beef Company. They were bought out by Cargill. If you drive up the road you'll run into the Guelph Correctional Institute.

3. Tytler Public School 1878-2013

Just outside the downtown core of Guelph sits a school built in 1878 that has seen it all for the last time, very soon. With the new school built the Tytler school will be soon in the fate of the city of Guelph. It was named after Dr. William Tytler , a doctor of education. It was originally called St. Patricks. The school mascot was , yes, Toby the Tiger and their team, the Tytler Tigers. With very old and worn creaky wood floors and large cracks in the walls this school has been expensive to maintain and a retrofitting nightmare. This school is in excellent condition for its age though and still better then other schools, in the rural areas, of this time period. The skylights were lost in the 1980's from a terrible storm and were too costly to repair. 106 kids will make their way a little north from here this fall.