Riverview Mental Hospital

2601 Lougheed Highway, British Columbia V3C 4J2 Canada

Independent

“recently closed mental hospital”

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. Riverview Hospital opened near the turn of the century, as diagnoses and treatment of mental health was beginning to progress into modern science. The idea of the location was to surround patients with scenery, in order to relax them. The three main buildings were constructed in 1910, 1912, and 1913, respectively. As time progressed, the city grew, and by the 1970s, the suburbs began to surround the once-isolated hospital site. In the 1980s, the Government of British Columbia began to change it's tune about how mental health would be treated, and it began shutting down facilities. The original building (West Lawn) was abandoned in 1984, East Lawn was closed in 2011, and Central Lawn close when the entire facility shut down in July of 2013. The architecture of the buildings is impressive and large. It is worth taking a drive in the day time to check out. Since the hospital site is now closed, it is patrolled heavily by third-party security. Ensure that you are there during the site's open hours, and respect the requests of security.

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Reviewed by
matt.p.williamson

2 Reviews
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August 21, 2015

Rated 4.0

I recently visited there, not as a patient lol. If you're in the area it's a very cool place to simply swing by. As any true photographer knows at the core of us is curiosity and capturing that perfect moment in a photo. I will say I let the curiosity definitely get the heavier side of me walking around taking photos and eventually the private security came up to me and informed me that really you cannot be on the property there or take photos and less you have permits from the local city. Keep in mind that the majority of the time it is used by studios and they heavily film TV and movies on the property there and as a matter of fact I believe it is one of the most videoed locations for TV series and movies. But I've been up there on a summer day and I from the ground on a snowy winter day and the weather definitely allows these buildings and property to give you a different look. There is a certain type mystique and creepiness to the property in the buildings. And like some of the previous notes have said it is private property so if you find that curiosity wins out and the decision just make sure that you're in and out as fast as you can be. I will say that I did not go into any of the buildings has that probably would have been an arrest and most of the buildings are currently locked and the windows are not busted out as old as the buildings might be.

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