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 Tower Information (09-2007) Location: end of Muskoka Road N. Built: Most likely in 1897 when the former Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium sanatorium was built see details below Photo credit: © Mark Visser |
 Tower Information (09-207) Location: Muskoka Beach Road Signage: Gravenhurst Built: 1981 Height: 27.6 meters Capacity: 2,275,000 liters Photo credit: © Mark Visser |
 Tower Information (09-2007) Location: Signage: Gravenhurst Built: 1988 Height: 32 meters Capacity: 2,250,000 liters Photo credit: © Mark Pringle |
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| Water Tower at Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium. The sanitorium was located on Lake Muskoka, north of Gravenhurst, Ont. It was established in 1897 as a 35-bed tuberculosis hospital and was the first of its kind in Canada. It was not closed until 1994, although it had long ceased to be a sanatorium. The Ontario Department of Health used it for other purposes. In 1973, the facility, now know as Muskoka regional Ventre administered up to 35 female patients between the ages of 16 to 80 years with a total staff of about 30. The Centre was finally closed in 1994. Some buildings are still used (at least when I took the picture in 2007) by the Ontario Provincial Police for SWAT technical forced entry training as well as "K-9" Unit training. |
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