Upper Canada Village
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Upper Canada Village is a heritage park near Morrisburg, Ontario, which depicts a 19th century village in Upper Canada.
Construction on the park began in 1958 as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway project. The Seaway required the permanent flooding of ten communities in the area, known as The Lost Villages. As a consequence, Upper Canada Village was incorporated as part of the project's heritage preservation plan. Many of the buildings in Upper Canada Village were transported directly from the flooded villages.
The park, owned and operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, was opened to the public in 1961.
Other buildings from the Lost Villages were moved to Ault Park, where they comprise a living museum run by the Lost Villages Historical Society.
The park also incorporates a memorial to the Battle of Crysler's Farm, a War of 1812 battle which also took place on land submerged by the Seaway project.
Upper Canada Village endeavours to depict life in a rural English Canadian setting during the year 1866. Featured at the site are several working mills (woollen mill, grist-mill and sawmill) and trades buildings (blacksmith, tinsmith, cabinetmaker, cooper, bakery, cheese-maker). Farming is demonstrated through the growing, harvesting of processing of heritage vegetables & livestock. Aspects of late 19th-century domestic arts, social life, music, religion and politics are also discussed, interpreted and demonstrated at by staff dressed in clothing of the period.
Morrisburg Airport is adjacent to the north end of the park, across the highway, and is available for use by visitors in small aircraft.
Upper Canada Village is open to the visiting public from approximately mid-May until early October.
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