The Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project

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The idea of building a web site first dawned on me when I became frustrated with the fact that there wasn't enough reliable and relevant information about the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital on the Internet. All that was out there was only concerned with the supposed haunting of the institution... but what of the people who lived, worked and were treated there? After all, they were the reason the asylum was built in the first place - therefore, what kind of care did they receive? How were they treated, where did they come from? As a former mental patient myself (and not afraid of admitting so), I was interested to know what kind of psychiatric torture I would have been subjected had I been admitted to Lakeshore before the advent of psychiatric drugs. My findings were quite disturbing and it was unnerving to know that they took place a couple of blocks from my house - when my research first originated, I lived in New Toronto and attended to Lakeshore Collegiate Institute for a semester.

The Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project is dedicated to the 1511 patients resting at Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery, and all of the former patients and the psychiatric survivors of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital - may you rest in peace.

Since the vast majority of this project has been inspired by Prof. Geoffrey Reaume's book, "Remembrance of Patients Past: Patient Life in Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940", this web site is also dedicated in honour of the author and his work.

In addition, this project is also dedicated to Edward Janiszewski, John Court, and other persons actively preserving the history and the former patients and of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital.

Built with Microsoft® Office FrontPage®. Web page hosting by AtSpace. Domain name hosting by Siber Name. All images created and edited with IrfanView 4.0. All content copyright © 2005 The Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project. All rights reserved.

I don't accept (or need for that matter) monetary donations. The wonderful AtSpace hosts my files free of charge, while the awesome Canadian Siber Name hosts my domain and the cost of this is covered by me. Donate your money to the Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project instead.