Cottage Hospital Plaque

Cottage Hospital Plaque

Located in the NE corner of Legion Park/Arboretum

The Cottage Hospital was one of the first established in the North West Territories. It was described (Winnipeg Free Press 1906) as “a commodious institution provided with all the requisites for treating the various forms of diseases with the most modern methods.” It was one of the first hospitals in the area to provide care for the sick outside of the home. An article by C. Stuart Houston in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan states that this was the first public hospital in the newly settled South. Others were operated by the NWMP or established temporarily by the military.