Updates

December 12, 2009

Added Child and Adolescent Unit and updated Links.

December 6, 2009

Updated Documents. 

November 29, 2009

Created a Google map, showing the locations of all the buildings, including the ones that have not survived. Updated Buildings and Maps.  

October 2, 2009 

Added Maps and Documents.

September 14, 2009

Fall Visit and Clean up of the Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009. More details (in a .doc format) can be found here.

September 1, 2009

Welcome to Asylum by the Lake (formerly, the Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Project), version 5.0. I have made numerous changes to the web site: 

	an improved design
	updated the following: Timeline, Frequently Asked Questions, Buildings, 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, Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project, Haunted? and Links
	added Child and Adolescent Unit, 1977.

As always, I am extremely grateful for all the stories sent to me by former patients.   

August 30, 2009

It is my policy that I don't answer e-mails pertaining to ghosts, but The Powerhouse of Terror looks like fun! Who's coming? 

July 10, 2009

Mad Pride Week takes place between July 13 and 19, 2009. Click here to download a poster (in a .pdf format) or visit the official blog. 

July 5, 2009

Added Child and Adolescent Unit, 1974 and updated Links. Also please check out this short, but excellent video about the former hospital by Razvan Anton. 

April 10, 2009

Spring Visit and Clean up of the Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2009. More details (in a .doc format) can be found here.

March 10, 2009

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

January 31, 2009

Updated Moorehouse. 

January 23, 2009

Updated The Visit of Rick Winchell and improved Links with a better navigation. 

January 13, 2009

Due to a number of visitors inquiring about the use of information presented of this site, a Disclaimer has been created. In addition, new Links have been added and the section rearranged. 

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year! PBS has a very interesting documentary of their web site, The Lobotomist. Worth watching!