Top 3 Abandoned Places In Highway 17

There are so many abandoned places in Highway 17! This is a list of the top three abandoned places in Highway 17. Browse through all abandoned places in Highway 17

1. Rolphton (ghost town)

Due to the isolation of Rolphton, Ontario Hydro created the Rolphton Hydro Colony. This community would provide homes for the staff of the generating plant.

The area was originally a townsite for the dam construction workers. The water supply system for the construction camps later became part of the workers townsite water supply. In addition to providing homes, a church, recreation centre, 30 bed hospital and tennis court facilities were built.

As the need for workers decreased with advancing technology, and more homes became available outside of the once isolated Rolphton, Ontario Hydro decided to close the town. On October 21, 1988 a tender went out for the sale and removal of the remaining homes. They were moved to the Ottawa Valley.

To the nuclear demonstration plant: Drive past Rolphton on Hwy 17 East for about 3 km, a paved road with a gate bars the entrance. The plant and foundations of adjoining buildings lie 1/3 km away.

Location: 19km west of Deep River, on highway 17, at the highway 635 turnoff. As you turn onto 635 you will see the crumbly paved road (and stop sign) just paces from highway 17. If you were to continue on down the main road and go right, you would end up at the power station.

2. Neys Nazi POW Camp

Neys provincial park campground was originally during World War II a prisoner of war camp which housed mostly German POWs and also some Japanese Canadians between 1941-1946. The camp was enclosed by barbed wire fence and guard towers. It was later dismantled in the 1950(a)s after being used for various other things since the end of the war.

Today, there are plenty of skeletal remains of the original camp scattered through out the current campground which are very easy to find. This includes building foundations, scrap metal, various pieces of equipment, some crushed A-frame roof supports, metal roofing, and even barbed wire in the sand.

All of this can be found in the sections of the park which are closest to the beach. Look between camp sites and beside the trails, beside the main paved road and also further off in some of the sand pits you(a)ll see through out the park

The camp ground visitor center also includes a large archive of information and original photographs.

Watch a youtube video of this I shot at the link below

3. Old Highway 17

left to rust