About Dre's Lodge Retirement
Today, Dre’s Lodge Retirement Residence provides an old-fashioned setting offering its residents all the comforts of modern living such as parks, retail medical facilities, and local restaurants steps from the front door. When living at Dres Lodge Retirement, you can take in the history, share moments and enjoy everything in a comfortable and safe environment. The newly renovated residence offers beautiful suites with high ceilings, spacious rooms, and lovely views. Each room is equipped with smoke and heat detectors, a call bell system, fire alarms, and elevator service to all floors.
Dre’s Lodge Retirement offers its residents a non-institutional setting that is tasteful, welcoming, comfortable, and smoke-free. Our residence is a friendly environment with warm staff and companionship.
We offer complete quality and professional care to our residence and staff. When it comes to the meals, we offer home-cooked and tasty breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We also provide regular snacks and cater to special diets. If a resident is unwell, we will provide tray service to the suites. Everything is prepared at a quality standard by our qualified food service staff.
Our History
Dres Lodge Retirement has its origins dating all the way back to the 1820s where it began as a hotel. The town of Sutherland, Ontario, originally known as “Jone’s Corner”, was named after the family-owned establishment located in the heart of the town.
In 1866 on the North West corner of the intersection, the second phase in history “Jone’s Corner” began. The once log cabin was replaced by a new framed hotel that constituted the change Sunderland was undertaking at the time.
In 1899, this new framed hotel was consumed by a fire that changed the face of the historic building. In 1910, the last phase was a three-story Victorian-style structure that was built by Dr. McDermott.
The remaining of “Jone’s Corner” into Sunderland in 1868 occurred after the creation of a new railroad passing through the town connecting Sunderland to nearby towns and with a small population of one hundred, maintained a vibrant business community, where at its heart, the now Victoria Manor stands. Today, the once-proud hotel has continued its history of providing excellent service by becoming the Victoria Manor Retirement Residence. Dre’s Lodge provides an old-fashioned atmosphere with all the amenities of modern life.
