Ontario Abandoned Places will be rebranded as Ominous Abandoned Places

Steep Hill Falls Hydro Dam

Abandoned Bridge/Locks in Wawa, Ontario, Canada

Jan 26 2011

 |  1701
 |  0
Recent status Abandoned
Location # 2326

Steep Hill Falls Hydro Dam: Off hwy 17 north of Wawa is this abandoned hydro dam. Construction began in 1911 and it took 2 years to complete, but it was abandoned in 1927.

This location was used in the 1977 Canadian horror film "Rituals". At 1:18 into this clip you can see a horrific murder take place at this very dam (Youtube removed the video)

Comments

Please log in to leave a comment

 • 

3 years ago

There wAs no forest fire. The trees were all killed by the sulphur dioxide emited by the Algoma Ore Properties sinter plant. I spent many days fishing pickerel at the base of the plant in the 1950’s. We stayed in the abandoned managers house.

 • 

13 years ago

Pierre-- u are a god send..thanks a million for this

 • 

13 years ago

Awe-some location! If it wasnt so far away, Id be there tomorrow taking shots

 • 

13 years ago

This will be on most of ours to do list. Nice addition Pierre.

 • 

13 years ago

Thanks Robert!! hehe.. There was a huge forest fire here that wiped out all the trees for miles around as evidenced in the film..I am amazed at how little the abandoned dam has changed since 1977...

 • 

13 years ago

Great location. FYI Clay, it's near Steephill Falls! lol

 • 

13 years ago

I have been looking for this location for the past 10 yrs as it was used in the horror film "Rituals" in 1977..thanks Pierre..