Resident’s research into former Mabou Asylum helps shape municipal acknowledgement of the past

MABOU: A local resident’s extensive research into the former Mabou Asylum has prompted Inverness County council to explore ways of formally acknowledging the institution’s history and those who lived – and died – there. The Mabou Asylum, established around 1889, operated until it was destroyed by fire in February 1947. In recent years, Inverness County…