Sask Hauntings

Weyburn mental hospital was demolished by the government. It was a very sad day as they did not save any part of it...correction, they saved a couple small limestone pieces and have done nothing with them since. In fact they have done nothing to protect the pieces or create any historic memorial to the hospital. I predict they will slap a quick plaque on the ground stating the mental hospital was there and it will most likely get stolen in the future and then nothing. I don't blame the city who demolished the building, I blame the government for their lack of preserving history in this province. There are so many examples in this province of the government destroying history in the name of “progress”. It was not long after the hospital was demolished that they started a housing development, which renders the question – would you want to live in a house that sits on the grounds of an old mental hospital? I will agree that it is a beautiful location – sitting on the edge of th...

Weyburn Mental Hospital, Saskatchewan Hospital, Souris Valley Extended Care - whatever name you call it this hospital was a large mental institution. Built in the kirkbride architecture style this building was one of the largest in the commonwealth when it was built in 1920. The hospital officially opened in 1921 and had room for 900 patients and 120 staff. The hospital was self sufficient with houses for nurses, power plant, main building, farming, water tower, etc. This building is rich in history both good and bad. The use of LSD testing and treatments like lobotomy, electroshock and hydrotherapy were controversial.  People admitted here were of any age that had mental illnesses but at one point they started accepting people that maybe did not want to deal with their relatives of any age, maybe because they had a stroke or something else not related to mental illness - this lead to overcrowding at the hospital. With this much history and hundreds of people living in ...