Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital

Following World War II, the Red Cross began establishing "outpost hospitals" in isolated communities in Canada.^[1] The hospital was formally incorporated in 1945 with the support of P.H. Weary and the local Red Cross branch. Construction began on 5 July 1948.^[2]

The Twin Oaks War Memorial Hospital opened on 8 June 1950 and was operated by the Red Cross until the late 1950s. Subsequently, the hospital began to receive government funding.^[3][2]

A larger replacement hospital, designed by Halifax architecture firm Fowler, Bauld and Mitchell, was built by general contractor Cameron Construction.^[3] It was officially opened on 30 May 1976 by Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan and minister of recreation Alexander Garnet Brown, the local MLA and a supporter of the project.^[4]

The original Twin Oaks Memorial War Hospital was adapted to become a long-term care home, The Birches, which opened in May 1979 and is affiliated with (and is physically connected to) the new hospital.^[5]

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