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 Glengarry Pioneer Museum - Dunvegan, ON, Canada Posted by:  Loonwatcher
N 45° 21.723 W 074° 49.065
18T E 514273 N 5023186
Step back in time and learn what pioneer life was like in Glengarry.
Waymark Code: WMP037
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/01/2015
Views: 5
The Glengarry Pioneer Museum opened in 1962 under the Glengarry Historical Society with a mandate to preserve and display the artifacts and history of the early Glengarry settlers including the Native North Americans, the Scots and the French.
The Pioneer Museum includes a miniature Pioneer Village comprised of seven buildings:
* The Star Inn is the oldest bar in Ontario, and once served as a hospice on the Montreal-Ottawa stagecoach line.
* The Livery Shed was integral to the stagecoach route allowing drivers to change horses.
* The Roxborough Township Hall saw active service as a municipal building until moving to the Museum site in 1985.
* The pioneer vintage Cheese Factory from Lancaster is representative of the many like factories that once dotted the Glengarry landscape.
* Olivier Hamelin's Blacksmith Shop from Apple Hill has a long history and, indeed, Olivier Hamelin was the last working full-service Blacksmith in Glengarry.
* The Trappers cabin Angus MacRae's
* The Laggan one room school
* The Orange Lodge
* The William's Pavillon (for community use, events, etc)
The Museum has two barns:
* the Campbell Barn which houses the Museum's agricultural artifacts
* the Stewart Barn, home to the Museum's winter collection.
Theme:
Cultural History - Pioneer life and artifacts
Street Address:
1645 County Road 30, R.R.#1
Dunvegan, ON
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation:
Open weekends, including Victoria Day Monday from 10 am to 5 pm. Starting June 15th, the museum will be open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm.
Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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