lakeshore

TORONTO , ONTARIO

A BRIEF HISTORY : CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1880'S OF THE MIMICO BRANCH ASYLUM...IT HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL NAME CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS...IN 1888 THE FIRST TEN PATIENTS AND TWO STAFF ARRIVE...OFFICALY OPENED ON JAN. 21 , 1889 , IT HOUSED 116 PATIENTS , 40 STAFF IN 3 COTTAGES AND GENERAL BUILDINGS...THE CEMETERY LOCATED A FEW BLOCKS NORTH AND WAS OPENED IN 1891...TWO MORE COTTAGES WERE ADDED FOR THE DISTURBED PATIENTS A YEAR LATER...IN 1894 , ITS RENAMED MIMICO INSANE ASYLUM , BY 1900 THERE ARE 560 PATIENTS , 93 STAFF , HOUSED IN TEN COTTAGES...ITS NAME CHANGED AGAIN IN 1920 TO ONTARIO HOSPITAL , MIMICO...A POWERHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1930 AT THE SOUTH-END OF THE YARD...IN 1934 , ITS KNOWN AS ONTARIO HOSPITAL , NEW TORONTO...THE CENTRE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1950 AND IN 1964 IT WAS GIVEN ITS FINAL NAME THE LAKESHORE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL...BY 1970 , THERE ARE 545 PATIENTS AND 729 STAFF...IN 1972 , TWO FEMALE PATIENTS COMMIT SUICIDE BY DROWNING IN LAKE ONTARIO , LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY...ON JAN.22 1979 THE CLOSING OF THE HOSPITAL IS ANNOUNCED AND FINALLY SHUT DOWN ON SEPT. 1 OF THAT YEAR........

...THE PROPERTY IS NOW A HERRITAGE SITE WITH HUMBER COLLEGE USING SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AND AQUIRING ADJACENT LAND BESIDE THE PROPERTY FOR A CAMPUS...THE FORMER GATEHOUSE IS BEING USED AS A CENTRE FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN...SEVERAL MOVIES HAVE BEEN FILMED HERE , INCLUDING " THE POLICE ACADEMY " SERIES FROM 1983-1994 AND AS RECENTLY AS 2005 FOR THE T.V MOVIE " MARTHA : BEHIND BARS " .......

PHOTO DATE UNKNOWN

POST CARD - 1910

PROPERTY MAP 1888

PROPERTY MAP 1990S

THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN ON AUG. 12 , 2006 AT THE FORMER HOSPITAL AND CEMETERY...AN INTERESTING PLACE , MOST OF THE ORIGINAL MAIN STRUCTURES ARE STILL HERE...THERE HAS BEEN MANY RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDINGS AND THE GROUNDS...
NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS FOUND IN VIDEO , BUT WE DID GET ONE VERY INTERESTING PICTURE THAT WAS LATER DEBUNKED WHEN WE REVISITED HERE...ITS NOW IN THE FALSE POSITIVE SECTION.......

...INFRARED - DAY...

...OCTOBER 6 , 2007...