Nurse Alice Wrinch is standing third from the left in this photograph of the nurses and student nurses at Grace Hospital, Toronto, in about 1898. Note the black bands on the caps of most of the nurses. Does anyone know the names of anyone else?
Young Horace Wrinch in the 1890s.
Patients in Hazelton Hospital before World War One.
At the Book Launch on January 16
Inside Hazelton Hospital
This is a rare photograph of the inside of Hazelton Hospital, built by Dr. Wrinch in 1904. On the hall table lies what looks to be the hospital register, now in the United Church Archives in Vancouver.
(Photo: my own collection)
Hazelton Cornet Band
Under the leadership of Abel Oakes, standing on the right, this band played at many functions in Hazelton. One such occasion was the breaking of the sod for the new Hazelton Hospital in 1930, when this photograph was taken. The Gitxsan in Old Hazelton were noted for their musical ability and were able to pick up melodies very quickly. Traditionally, on Christmas Eve one of the bands paraded through town playing Christmas carols. (Photo: my collection)
Service on the Skeena: Horace Wrinch, Frontier Physician
The book is now published and becoming available in bookstores and online.
Horace Wrinch in Ontario before 1900
Horace Wrinch is standing on the left under the flag .This could be a Dominion Day celebration.
Service on the Skeena: Horace Wrinch, Frontier Physician-Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Farmer’s Boy. 1866–1880.
Chapter 2. Farmer, Missionary and Medic. 1880–1900.
Chapter 3. Up the Skeena River to Kispiox. 1900– 1902.
Chapter 4. Building home and hospital. 1902—1904.
Chapter 5. New York Interlude . 1906.
Chapter 6. Murder, Missionaries and Medicine. 1906–1908.
Chapter 7. Community, Cars and the Coming of the Railroad. 908–19 13.
Chapter 8. Meaning, X-Rays and Daylight Robbery. 1912–1914.
Chapter 9. The War Years. 1914–1918.
Chapter 10. Brave New World. 1918–1923.
Chapter 11. Stepping into politics. 1924–1928.
Chapter 12. Health insurance advocate. 1928–1933.
Chapter 13. Last Years. 1933–1939.
Appendices
1. Dr. Wrinch’s maiden speech in the British Columbia legislature.
2. Recollections of Harold Wrinch: notes on the hospital farm.
3. Receipts and disbursements of Hazelton Hospital.
4. Acquisition of land for the hospital.
5. Bridges across the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers.
6. Three Hazeltons and Two Railway Stations.
Staff of Hazelton Hospital -1924-1926
Back row: Eva Martin (1914-1920), Ruth Bolivar (1921-1924), Kay Gibson (1923-1926), Joy Ford (1922-1925), Elizabeth Nock (1920-1924).
Front Row: B.V. McCall (1921-1924), Dr. H.C. Wrinch, Miss S.A. Watkins (Matron) and Dr. George A. Petrie.
Eva Martin had taken time out from her studies. Elizabeth Nock took over the nursing home at Telkwa as nurse in charge. (Photo: my own collection)
