First Loyalist Cemetery - UEL Heritage Centre and Park, Adolphustown, Ontario
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the cemetery located in UEL Heritage Centre and Park, Adolphustown, Ontario
Waymark Code: WMT6A9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/02/2016
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This cemetery situated in UEL Heritage Centre and Park, Adolphustown, Ontario, is known as the first loyalist cemetery.
The cemetery is located on the site of the original landing of the first group of United Empire Loyalists, under Major Peter Vanalstine, which took place on June 16, 1784. The first loyalists were settled on the grounds in tents, and spent their early days here before moving to their new homes.
Regarding the cemetery, "there was but one burying ground in that part of the township, and it alone has been used by the people of that locality from the time of the first settlement of the township to this day with a slight exception to two. It will probably continue to be the last resting place of many of the residents of that locality for generations to come. It happens, however, that the descendants of the first Loyalists who cleared away the wilderness there and transferred the then "wild lots" into very fruitful and productive farms have now nearly all left the township"
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The UEL Heritage Centre and Park is dedicated to the preservation of this important location, which included the first Loyalist Cemetery, established in 1784, and the oldest monument to the Loyalists in Canada, erected in 1884 for the Loyalist Centennial Celebrations.
The park was established as a family campground and day-use facility by the Province of Ontario in 1956 and has served as such since that time".
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Adolphustown is a geographic area located in Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada, on the Adolphus Reach of the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario. Adolphustown is now part of the town of Greater Napanee.
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Address:
54 Adolphustown Park Rd.
Adolphustown, Ontario
K0H 1G0