Le dispensaire de la Garde

Le Dispensaire de la Garde in La Corne, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, is a heritage museum dedicated to the history of the "gardes-malades" — the remarkable nurse-guardians who provided medical care to remote Quebec colonization communities in the 1930s and 1940s. Housed in a restored 1930s dispensary, the museum honours the courage and sacrifice of these pioneering women who served isolated farming settlements far from hospitals and doctors, often delivering babies and treating emergencies alone.