Following World War II, the Red Cross began establishing "outpost hospitals" in isolated communities in Canada.

[2] The Twin Oaks War Memorial Hospital opened on 8 June 1950 and was operated by the Red Cross until the late 1950s.

[3][2] A larger replacement hospital, designed by Halifax architecture firm Fowler, Bauld and Mitchell, was built by general contractor Cameron Construction.

[3] It was officially opened on 30 May 1976 by Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan and minister of recreation Alexander Garnet Brown, the local MLA and a supporter of the project.

[4] The original Twin Oaks Memorial War Hospital was adapted to become a long-term care home, The Birches, which opened in May 1979 and is affiliated with (and is physically connected to) the new hospital.