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Name	Description	Visibility	Collection
Deerhome Institute/Michener Centre North 5 months ago • updated 4 months ago	The Deerhome Institute opened in 1957 as a provincial institution for adults with mental disabilities. [1] Deerhome was administratively combined with the Alberta School Hospital about a kilometre Southwest in 1973, and this combined institution was renamed to Michener Centre in 1977 after Roland Michener. The site continued operating until 2014, when all patients were relocated to the Southern site and the Northern site became one of Central Alberta's largest abandonments. [2] The site was demolished in 2021/2022. [1] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/michener-centre/ [2] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/10/michener-site-map.pdf [Image] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_2bf0ca53-8194-42d4-95e7-cf20cd91467b/	public	--
Metal Box 9 months ago • updated 4 months ago	Literally a metal box with doors on several sides	public	--
Old Icefields Parkway 9 months ago • updated 4 months ago	A 3.5 km stretch of road that used to be part of the Icefields Parkway with three abandoned bridges along its length.	public	--
Henner's Pond House 10 months ago • updated 4 months ago	A formerly abandoned house in Lacombe, abandoned sometime in the 2010s and demolished in 2025 for new development.	public	--

Deerhome Institute/Michener Centre North

Submitted Apr 26, 2026 at 7:57 AM• 5 months ago

Updated May 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM • 4 months ago

The Deerhome Institute opened in 1957 as a provincial institution for adults with mental disabilities. [1] Deerhome was administratively combined with the Alberta School Hospital about a kilometre Southwest in 1973, and this combined institution was renamed to Michener Centre in 1977 after Roland Michener. The site continued operating until 2014, when all patients were relocated to the Southern site and the Northern site became one of Central Alberta's largest abandonments. [2] The site was demolished in 2021/2022. [1] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/michener-centre/ [2] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/10/michener-site-map.pdf [Image] https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_2bf0ca53-8194-42d4-95e7-cf20cd91467b/

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Metal Box

Submitted Jan 18, 2026 at 4:46 AM• 9 months ago

Updated May 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM • 4 months ago

Literally a metal box with doors on several sides

Visibility: public

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Old Icefields Parkway

Submitted Jan 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM• 9 months ago

Updated May 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM • 4 months ago

A 3.5 km stretch of road that used to be part of the Icefields Parkway with three abandoned bridges along its length.

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Henner's Pond House

Submitted Dec 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM• 10 months ago

Updated May 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM • 4 months ago

A formerly abandoned house in Lacombe, abandoned sometime in the 2010s and demolished in 2025 for new development.

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