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|Body=  The history of the [[Orillia Asylum|Huronia Regional Centre]] dates back to the purchase of an almost completed hotel building situated on approximately 13 acres of land at today’s Couchiching Beach Park and the opening of the “Convalescent Lunatic Asylum” in 1861. This became home to people both with mental illness or developmental handicaps as the third branch of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum (today the Centre For Addiction And Mental Health at 1001 Queen Street West in Toronto) for 9 years.  
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|Body=  On April 17, 1857, the Ohio government established the [[Columbus Feeble Minded Institute|Institution for Feeble Minded Youth]]. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the institution rented several buildings on East Main Street. In the first year of the Institution for Feeble Minded Youth’s existence, nine students enrolled. By the third year, the institution began to average between forty and fifty students every year.  
 
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Revision as of 03:45, 28 December 2015

Featured Image Of The Week

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On April 17, 1857, the Ohio government established the Institution for Feeble Minded Youth. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the institution rented several buildings on East Main Street. In the first year of the Institution for Feeble Minded Youth’s existence, nine students enrolled. By the third year, the institution began to average between forty and fifty students every year.