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Welcome

We welcome you to the staff of Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital and hope that you will enjoy your work. Our real reason for being here is to treat and care for the mentally disabled, it is our privilege and our responsibility. You will find that all of us share in that responsibility.

You obviously now represent Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital; another responsibility we all share. You will have a greater influence than you think on patients, their relatives, and visitors. Your influence within your own territory will also be significant. We hope that with a through understanding of why we are here and what we are doing, that you will be able to carry out your responsibilities to the advantage of our patients and to find a great deal of satisfaction in the contribution you make to Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital’s operation. 

 

R.C. Hansen, 

Administrator.

 

Hansen R. C., "Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Orientation Package," retrieved from the Archives of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, January 30, 2005.   

 

 

Table of Contents  

 

Home

 

Updates  

 

History

Timeline

Frequently Asked Questions

Buildings

Maps

The Superintendents, 1889 - 1979 

Organizational Structure at the Time of the Closing, 1979

Dr. Donald Ross Gunn

Impressions of the Ontario Hospital, New Toronto, in 1952 by Dr. Ruth Koeppe Kajander

Formerly Associated Community Organizations, Agencies and Institutions

Moorehouse

Documents

Research Guide

 

Patients

The First Patient of the Mimico Branch Asylum, 1889

"Please Let Me Die": the Mystery of Douglas Davis Harris

Two Different Views of Former Patients

The Visit of Rick Winchell

Serving Time at Lakeshore: the Nightmare Begins

Speech Therapy and Memories of Cottage 5

Memories of the Former Lakeshore Psych, 1968 - 1972

Child and Adolescent Unit, 1974

Child and Adolescent Unit, 1977

 

Cemetery   

Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project

History of Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery by Edward Janiszewski

My Visit to Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery by Anonymous

 

Haunted?

 

Pictures

 

Links

  

About

Disclaimer

Contact

Why?

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Credits

Donation Information

 

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Based on all work at www.asylumbythelake.com
Revised: April 09, 2010.