Shawbridge Boys' Farm
Shawbridge Boys' Farm, now ''Shawbridge Youth Centres'', is a farm in Shawbridge, Quebec. It was originally used either as a training home for underprivileged, wayward, and orphaned boys or as a youth detention center. It is now called ''Shawbridge Youth Centres'', and is owned and operated by Batshaw Youth and Family Services. History The original idea originated in 1899, when James R. Dick, a superintendent of the Boys' Home of Montreal, suggested that a boys' home farm in the Laurentides, Laurentians be built and used for the training of Juvenile delinquency, delinquent boys. The farm was built in 1907, after eight years of planning, and a farm named ''Boys' Farm and Training School'' was built north of Montreal, in Shawbridge, a small town in the Laurentians. Although the farm was being used to house orphans, criminals under the age of 21 were sent there to serve time for charges such as robbery, assault, or theft. The farm had a separate charter granted in 1917, and was also ...
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