Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane Kingston Ontario Urban Exploring During the mid 1800’s before the construction of the Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Kingston Penitentiary was overrun with mentally ill and criminally insane inmates. To solve this problem, The Rockwood Criminal Lunatic Asylum was built on the shores of Lake Ontario, close to the … Continue reading Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane Kingston Ontario Urban Exploring