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      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      The pavilion and administration buildings were built on this land between 1921 and 1925.

      A black and white photograph of the power house and ice house at the north end of the complex of hospital buildings. At right is the Whitby Harbour basin.

      In 1963, a school of nursing was built on this site. The "Bayside" home was referred to by the hospital as "Grove House".

      This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

      This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

      From 1917 to 1919 the facilities were used as a military convalescent hospital for soldiers wounded in the First World War.

      A black and white photograph of the Military Convalescent Hospital buildings during the final stages of construction in the summer of 1917. The view is looking north-west from the recreation hall.

      This photograph was taken when the hospital was used by the military as a convalescent hospital from 1917 to 1919.

      This photo was published in The Toronto Sunday World, April 1, 1917

      Published in: The Toronto Sunday World, April 1, 1917.

      As published in The Toronto Sunday World, April 1, 1917.

      On August 31, 1917, Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (who at that time was Governor General of Canada) visited the Military Hospital at Whitby. As published in The Toronto Star Weekly, September 22, 1917

      On August 31, 1917, Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (and Governor General of Canada) visited the Military Convalescent Hospital at Whitby. As published in The Toronto Star Weekly, September 22, 1917.

      As published in Toronto Sunday World, April 1, 1917.

      From The Toronto Sunday World, April 1, 1917.

      A black and white photograph of eight nurses seated in two rows on the steps of one of the cottages at the military convalescent hospital.

      A black and white photograph of nurses and soldiers seated on the steps of one of the cottages at the military convalescent hospital.