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Insane Asylum, Hospital Point, Victoria; built as the Royal Hospital in 1859; asylum from 1872 to 1878

A black and white photograph of the Victoria Lunatic Asylum. The main building is two storeys with a porch on the first level and a deck on second. There is a long one story building directly behind the front building.

Image HP057163 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives.

A photograph of the Victoria Lunatic Asylum at Hospital Point, Victoria, ca. 1872. The Asylum was built on land that had been part of the Songhees Aboriginal Reserve across from Fort Victoria on the harbor.