Abandoned Places of Waterloo

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when patience pays off

Kitchener, ON

Pikaswed420 • 1 month ago

Drain Tunnel Box

Kitchener, ON

nurbexo • 4 months ago

One Man's Junk

Kitchener, ON

nurbexo • 5 months ago

Foliage-Filled Foundations

North Dumfries, ON

nurbexo • 5 months ago

One-Way Ticket To Back Pain

Kitchener, ON

indeed1 • 8 months ago

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Walking The Waterfall - OCT 2023

Devils Glen Quarry

ishootthings • 2 weeks ago

everything got unlocked

when patience pays off

Pikaswed420 • 1 month ago

Devil's Glen Quarry Foundations

Devils Glen Quarry

nurbexo • 2 months ago

Bowman Creek Bridge

Bowman Creek Rail Bridge

nurbexo • 2 months ago

Huron Natural Area Ruins

Huron Natural Area ruins

nurbexo • 2 months ago

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LOOKING TO EXPLORE WITH PEOPLE

protogen • 1 week ago

i have no locations as i am new to this i do have all need stuff like masks and other things

Looking for some friends to Urbex with

Claycat • 1 week ago

Hello, I am from mississauga and I am looking for some people to go urbex with preferably my age (18-20) Im willing to travel quite a bit (around 2 hours +) to go to locations.

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE WITH

urban monkey • 2 months ago

any one is welcome as long as your in ottawa/gatineau. must have gear must be ready for anything must be fit for explorness must have ig or snap or phone # walky talky is best i have 1 spare IG phillipleblanc9 SNAP ahunter4772 PHONE # 819-431-7020

Buffalo

skeelio • 2 months ago

Hey everybody, heading to Buffalo to shoot for a few days on Sept 28-29, anyone in the area that would like to join us? Have about 5 -6 places we are looking at.

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HavenTheRaccoon • 2 months ago

Just thought I'd introduce myself to the community! I'm an analogue horror and urbex enthusiast, I have an older Palmcorder which I like to take to the spookier places around St. Thomas, but once I get my full license hopefully in December I'd like to check out and film some more locations maybe in London or other places around me. I'll be popping by the discord server as well, so if you spot me I'm free to chat about obsolete tech or the like! I do just have one question though I wasn't able to find an answer to in the FAQ, how long until I'm able to add a location or album? One of the requirements for level 2 is by contributing via making an album or such, and I wanted to work my way towards that.

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indeed1 • 1 week ago

Well, here I am, applying for Level 3! Time flies. Prepare for a 'I'm not reading all of that' novel! Since getting Level 2, I've started going to much better locations, and contributing what I can, where I can. I've only gotten more and more enjoyment of discovering and exploring new places to walk through and take pictures of. I like to think I've contributed a good chunk in my time as Level 2. Not that I intend to slow down or have that change in any way, but I think it goes without saying that I'm interested in climbing my way up to Level 3 so that I can see some more consistent locations and continue my journey into the hobby. In the last few months I've talked with a lot of you and gotten a much better understanding of things. I've made a good handful of friends and had some fun discussions with people. Unrelated to the site, but the Discord is always a fun time LOL. Whenever I upload my albums I try to label every image of what every room used to be / is, I share my opinion on some things in the image descriptions whenever I can, and just in general I try to be as detailed and accurate as possible in the things I write about, whether it be about a location **or** just on an image description. I like judging bathrooms :) On top of that I'm always trying to capture a lot of good, wide angle images of the places I explore so they can be viewed exactly as they are before they inevitably either decay more, or get demolished, since that's basically always what happens in this scene. I'm not incredibly artsy or creative like some of yous, but I think I defintiely do a good job of 'documenting' in a sense exactly what I see, as I see it. Also, I have no history (and no plans) of vandalism or really as far as my knowledge goes, any offences in the community. I like to keep it calm and at least semi-professional :) **Now I will point out something that may be of important value if you're taking the time to vote for me and you're only Level 2**. You'll only be able to see 12 of my 26 locations. 9 of those you'll only see exteriors. Not exactly a lot to work off of in terms of voting, so unfortunately the best I can do for yous that meet this exact criteria is list out what you can't see (and these are all in terms of my 'new locations', as in terms of actual album contributions I'm well past requirement): 1x L1 location - 1x (all) has both interior & exterior 11x L2 locations - 2x have interiors, and (unfortunately) 9x are exterior only 7x L3 locations - 5x have interiors, 2x are exterior only 7x L4 locations - 7x (all) have interiors This might be valuable information for some of you so, figure I will write it out in case you can't see it and check yourself. Most of the places I visit (at least recently) are L3/4 so if you can't see them it may not look like I have much. So, with that, I hope my current contributions are enough to be promoted to Level 3, but I'm always open to constructive criticism and am (regardless of the outcome of this election) going to continue adding new locations and new albums to the site. Unfortunately, not having the time is my biggest issue currently. Can only get a few every few weeks. Also, any questions or comments you've got for me, go ahead and put 'em in this thread and I'll respond when I can. Thanks for considering and/or reading (if you read all this)

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abp10 • 3 weeks ago

I won't sit here and try to gaslight anybody that I've reached the full requirements. I am applying 3 weeks early. But before you downvote me, let me explain why I am applying now, rather than 3 weeks later. I'm an urbexer, based in Toronto, that has found a great passion for exploring. But overtime, this passion of exploring, has branched out into exploring abandoned places. And then that passion, has branched out into finding NEW spots to explore. To be completely honest, I don't need any spots. This is not why I am applying for level 3. Let alone exploring anything else that's not an abandoned place, even when I do run out of spots, I know how to find new ones, after countless hours and hours of mapping out the whole city. Was this worth my time? Probably not to be honest. But at least now my problem of "having no spots and having to apply for lvl 2" a few months ago, has turned into the problem of, "where do I go this time?" And this is why I'm applying for level 3. With access to level 3, I will be able to potentially see pins that I am not updated on. Rather if someone has already been there and uploaded it as an exterior, or I get to see what said building looks like on the inside, and or what hazards, I will be able to prioritize which areas I go to. The good thing with level 3, is that if lets just say one of my pins isn't on there, is that it's either a level 4 I'm refinding, or it's a new location to contribute and continue to help expand the database. And as long as I'm able to keep leveling up, I don't have a problem to keep uploading my explores. At first it was more of a task to take photos, but that task has turned into a hobby, hence why my quality of albums has improved (at least I hope you guys also think that way as well). I've had my ups and downs in this community, but going forward as a level 3, I don't want to be seen as some "immature teenager". I want to be seen as a respectable member of this community. This is something I have been working to improve on overtime, and something I want to keep striving towards. Sometimes I might say some dumb things, but I want to move past that. Obviously I find these and explore these spots with good intentions. I am not a vandal. I go in for photos, look through some items if the spot isn't empty, and then leave how it was. There would be no reason to not trust me with level 3 either, as I've already explained earlier, I don't want new spots, I just want updates. And I want updates, to help the database. Besides contributing new locations to the database, another thing I will do is the same thing I did with level 2 recently. Go through all the Toronto locations, and update them. (at least from what I can see online, or if I've passed by it, etc.) The whole point of having a database like this is to record abandoned places, but it's also nice for everyone else to be updated, rather if a spot is now demolished, now has security, all those sorts of things. If you feel like 3 weeks makes the difference, then you'll see another application in 3 weeks. Besides applying early, I meet and have surpassed the other requirements (at least the ones you can surpass). If there's another reason, I will always take criticism. Thanks for your time.

Approved

begottenconch • 1 month ago

Hello OAP staff and community. I am writing this to ask for a promotion to Level 2 on the site. I have been contibuting to this site for over 3 years, with 3 newly added locations and nearly 20 albums, interior and exterior. Ever since I found this site mid 2021 I've been obsessed with scrolling through abandoned places and finding out their histories and hazards. I decided to make an account so I could share my own unique expirences with other urban explorers, maybe even exchange some stories with them. I was not dissapointed, after I started posting albums I found myself out of new exciting places to explore. So I searched far and wide, using google maps, asking people in the community, checking other sites, etc. I finally found some, and decided to share with the OAP community. I've tried adding several new locations to the site, only to find out that it is a level 2/3 location that was not visible to me before due to my low level. Which is part of the reason I would like this promotion, to discover more new exciting locations to document and to strengthen my connection to this site. I feel this promotion is well-deserved after my years of commitment to this community, and I hope you guys do too. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Bigdaddymikey • 1 month ago

Dear Admin Team and Community Members, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to request reconsideration for my promotion to Level 2 within our community. Since my previous application, I have continued to actively contribute by adding five new locations, all accompanied by photos to enhance our database. In total, I have made meaningful contributions across 16 places, focusing on quality and accuracy. With my 6+ months of active participation in the forum, I believe I have demonstrated my commitment to our community. I am eager to take on more responsibility and contribute even further at a higher level. I appreciate your consideration of my request and look forward to your feedback. Thank you for your time!

Approved

UrbexGal • 2 months ago

Before being introduced to OAP by an Ontario friend, I was only exploring for the thrill of the adventure and internal thoughts of "What could have happened here?". But after joining the community and looking at the albums I was able to view, I started changing up my photography aspect of exploring as you'll notice when comparing my early albums to more recent ones. Still have a lot of improving to do though, especially when it comes to more dilapidated locations so I'm open to any constructive criticism! Tried keeping this one short since I'll get into my life story with urbex when the time comes but for now i'm hoping my contributions can speak for me. Thanks for your time:)

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UnknownUbex? • 8 hours ago

Too young!?! Gang I am 14

UrbexGal • 2 days ago

thanks for the mention imperia but 18 is kinda young for me xD

Imperia • 3 days ago

maybe urbexgal could explore with you, im in sauga too

Claycat • 4 days ago

I'd come but I'm in Mississauga lmao

protogen • 5 days ago

Found the location it will be a ghost town

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Anonymous • 1 week ago

I have the exact count of everything listed out in the posting/description yes. It's not something I try to do, but it's what I've got! That being said, not that I would do this, but to make a point, I could have deleted 4 or 5 of them, still have the location addition count req hit, and the ratio wouldn't appear as unfavorable, but that's just not right. I'm more of a big picture person, but not everyone is, so that's a fair concern! Your vote is what you think is right, not what I think

Anonymous • 1 week ago

Aren't a third of them "exterior only" albums

Anonymous • 1 week ago

Sure does! Started posting in January

Anonymous • 1 week ago

lol

Anonymous • 1 week ago

I swear you were just a level 1! time flies!

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ishootthings • 1 month ago

Surprisingly, I came across remnants of this barn that have been preserved.....and are in a museum. Very interesting. Very random.

ishootthings • 2 months ago

This is now NOT a mall, and is predominantly a Conestoga College use now. Not public property, and not really accessible.

ishootthings • 2 months ago

Almost looks like the beginnings of what will be a storm water reservoir from the triangle -ish shape. I wager once the farmland is not farmland anymore, it will be dug out and that box attached as a control or outlet perhaps.

nurbexo • 2 months ago

Sadly this place is completely gone and demolished, I biked by here and it is just a fenced off dirt patch. The only thing left is the truck from the barn just sitting there.

nurbexo • 2 months ago

This is now demolished

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Pikaswed420 • 4 weeks ago

also i finally figured out how to repky to a comment directly lmfao -.-

Pikaswed420 • 4 weeks ago

ahaha your reply made my day i actually laughed out loud when i read that thank you i needed that laugh lol

ishootthings • 4 weeks ago

I had good timing apparently. As you can see there is nothing in there aside from a non maneuverable mess of collapse. I also dont discuss where or how to get into places. Like you, any other time I went this not accessible.

candianurbex • 4 weeks ago

How do you get in the building? I have tried to find the way in multiple times. Sorry this comment was so late.

Imperia • 1 month ago

Personally this wasnt the most neccessary arguement but id say you because ishoothings was just unessicarily adding to the arguement

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nurbexo • 3 months ago

No, the last two pictures on the album are from CTV news. I went right at the end of February and the fire happened November 13.

ishootthings • 3 months ago

It was still smoking when you went? Wow.

britt • 6 months ago

Where did you see or read that it was him to made a deal with the city? He did not own it he rented it for many years.

indeed1 • 6 months ago

My question is how did this even get here if the entire place has been gated for years. I was here in January and saw this (it wasn't here in May 2023) and it looks like it was burnt and on top of that I've no idea how it got in here I didn't see any gates that were destroyed or taken down... same with those motorcycles

TheEasyKaybreezy • 8 months ago

After so many years Bender has been painted over... Rip Bender

Abandoned places in Regional Municipality of Waterloo, ON, Canada

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Locations of Waterloo

Robson Lang Leathers

Riverbend Outbuildings

Devils Glen Quarry

Hespeler Idea Exchange (Hespeler Carnegie Library)

The Preacher Has The Building

Club Abstract

Follow The Yellow Brick Row

Amazon-Olini Appropriation-Olina

Market Square Shopping Centre

Hare House

Where Art Thou?

The Clown Zone

Houses Mashed

The Colonel Skipped Town

Bathing Ape

Just Going

Rubba Dubba Tug Tug

2 Trashed

Coffee And A Smoke

Rec'd Centre

Farm On Final

When Patience Pays Off

Drain Tunnel Box

One Man's Junk

Foliage-Filled Foundations

One-Way Ticket To Back Pain

Transit Petroleum (Storage)

Thread & Needles

That's Cheesy

Fixer Upper.

Stone Farm House By Flying J

3 Different Sidings

Legacy Leasing

Are You Alive Sir??

Erb And King

Jack Burger Pub

Goes Quick

Ridgehill Ford

Waterloo County Gaol (Provincial Offences Couthouse)

Gci Stormwater Drain

Outside The Bun

Tables Can Be Boards Too!

The [Former] Union Vape Shop

Horny Express

Courtland Trio

Hwy 24 Ruins

Blair Mill Spillway

Erb Street Walk-Up

80S Commercial Conversions

Mcdonalds

The World Of Camping

Ghd Limit-Dead - 651 Colby Drive

Efflorescence

Wellington St Former Canadian National Railway Bridge

Credential Insecuritues

King Street Drain

Abandoned Spur Line

The Chrysler And The Well

Examples Of.....

Of Another Era

To The Window To The Wall Demolish It All

Used Car Not

Light For Days

A Different Kind Of Harvard

Ff

Lions Dont Splash Here...

If You Look Close[D]...

Turnbull Textile Aka The Mill Race

Sydney's Backyard Bash