Check out this historical throwback nearby! Muskokaregion.com posted three photos of the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium taken in 1910. They said, "What was then known as the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium opened in Muskoka in 1897, becoming Canada's first tuberculosis sanatorium and just the third in all of North America." We love to see the history of this beautiful region!
GRAVENHURST — What was then known as the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium opened in Muskoka in 1897, becoming Canada's first tuberculosis sanatorium and just the third in all of North America. William Gage, a prominent book publisher, had a personal interest in the plight of the people who were dying in large numbers from tuberculosis. The reason for his ambitions isn't entirely clear; however, Andrea Batson, author of Curing Tuberculosis in Muskoka: Canada's First Sanatoria, writes that it could have been because tuberculosis "was the most lethal illness affecting the poor and Gag'e humanitarian efforts had always been aimed at improving their lot."
Check out this historical throwback nearby! Muskokaregion.com posted three photos of the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium taken in 1910. They said, "What was then known as the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium opened in Muskoka in 1897, becoming Canada's first tuberculosis sanatorium and just the third in all of North America." We love to see the history of this beautiful region!