Lake of the Woods District HospitalOur current hospital, pictured here has seen six expansions over time (see graphic in lower right). The interior portion of the hospital dates all the way back to 1929 (an expansion on the 2nd Royal Jubilee Hospital)! In 2025 the hospital campus consists of: Also part of Lake of the … Read more
Kenora General Hospital The Kenora General Hospital (pictured here) was an amalgamation of Kenora’s two hospitals of the time – the St. Joseph Hospital and the Royal Jubilee Hospital. The legal amalgamation took place on May 1, 1968. This hospital was built incorporating a portion of the Royal Jubilee Hospital building. Looking at this photo, one … Read more
Royal Jubilee Hospital Pictured here is the second Royal Jubilee Hospital which was built in 1904 to replace the original Royal Jubilee Hospital (1897). The future Kenora General Hospital (an amalgamation of the Royal Jubilee Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital) would be built incorporating this building. A portion of this building still remains in what is … Read more
St Joseph HospitalThe building known for many years as Kenora’s St. Joseph Hospital was originally built as a girls boarding school in 1895. In 1903 it became a Catholic hospital, operated by the nuns of the Sisters of Charity. Following the amalgamation of Kenora’s two hospitals in the 1960s, this building functioned as an outbuilding … Read more
The Royal Jubilee HospitalKenora’s first hospital was built in 1897 (pictured in the distance). The building was quickly deemed too small and in 1904, a new larger building was built. This original Royal Jubilee Hospital building was moved south and used for many years as a nurses residence. This building was demolished in the 1960s. … Read more