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It seems like Elliot Lake has had the worst of luck lately. It had Uranium Mine closures once, a roof collapse at their mall, and now the residents are finding
deadly substances from their walls!? I swear, one day that town is going to be abandoned. Just another ruin in Ontario.
One of the things that hurts Elliot Lake is its position off Highway 17. If they had built the town further south (it was a planned community, much like Kapuskasing), it would probably be far more prosperous. Blind River, on the other hand, would probably be smaller.
It's not dying, it's buildings have simply reached the end of their useful lives and need major repairs, but the local economy can't afford it.
The town already died, that's why it is advertised as a retirement village. There are lots of ghost towns across the north but Elliot Lake probably won't be one of them any time soon.
Not really sure what the purpose of this thread is though.
I drove from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury last September. There were several ads along Hwy 17 directing travelers to satisfy their shopping needs at Algo Mall. It was almost in poor taste that the signs hadn't been taken down at that point.
It's the media companies that own the signs that do that. They will leave a sign up if no one rents the space for weeks, so we sometimes have advertisements up for things that happened 2 or 3 months ago in Thunder Bay. It's weird.
Elliot Lake dying?
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