Our stories explain why we stay, why we keep coming back – and why we have such a deep, emotional connection to Huntsville, or a local lake or that amazing lookout that no one else knows about. The Huntsville Legacy Project is a celebration of our area stories that connect us and will inspire generations to come. Check out the stories we’ve already gathered and add your love affair with Huntsville to our collection.

Meet local emergency physicians from our hospital family and business guides from our community who explain why donating now is so important.

SPROTT FOUNDATION DONATES $1 MILLION DOLLARS TO HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL Huntsville, ON (August 23, 2018) - The Huntsville Hospital Foundation today announced the transformative gift of $1 million dollars from the Sprott Foundation. This represents one of the largest gifts ever received by the hospital and will be invested in urgent care and advanced medicine to ensure continued outstanding healthcare in Huntsville and surrounding areas. Community leaders and seasonal residents Eric and Vizma Sprott have long been known for their generous support of health care in Ottawa and Toronto. This gift will have an equally substantial impact on healthcare in Muskoka.  “Eric and I love being on the lake and being part of this wonderful community. It is our great pleasure to be able to make this donation to the Hospital,” said Vizma Sprott.  Like so many seasonal residents, the Sprotts, their children and grandchildren, have had to visit the hospital. “We have had occasion to use the hospital and we’re grateful it is there, especially as we spend more time in this community.  We wanted to know what we could do to help,” said Eric Sprott. “The staff and physicians at the hospital were honoured and humbled that the Sprotts chose to make an investment into urgent equipment needs at Huntsville Hospital,” said Katherine Craine, Executive Director of the Foundation. “This gift is a wonderful addition to the momentum we are experiencing, and the support we are seeing from both local and seasonal residents as well as local businesses that are getting behind the hospital and its capital needs. Our fundraising continues to grow and we are grateful for the support”. The Sprotts hope their gift will inspire others to give generously to the hospital. The hospital needs up to $3 million dollars per year to buy new equipment and upgrade technology not funded by the government.  The 2017-2018 annual report for the Foundation will be available in the coming weeks.

A hospitable story about a hospital and local healthcare.  Luke Nixon-Janssen has been in the hospitality business across Canada for years. Now he plies his craft at Deerhurst Resort and while working there was the big draw for he and wife Julie (and little baby Jacob), it was access to local healthcare that sealed the deal.  That’s because Luke lives with a unique challenge.“I was diagnosed with a brain aneurism when I was 32,” says Luke. “It can be fatal if not managed. I need regular access to CT scans—I need to know the care here is as good as anything I’ll find in a big city.”Luke learned the truth of that after he had a gall bladder attack.  “I had to drive myself to the hospital—that only took a few minutes. That’s easy access. I had the surgery within three weeks. That’s fast. And when there was a complication, my surgeon was at my side at 9:30 at night. That’s amazing. Health care is a partnership here—between the patient and outstanding healthcare professionals.”  Luke’s story clearly, and with some poignancy, summarizes the importance of ensuring our hospital professionals have the right technology and tools to provide great care.