- 13740 County Road 2, Morrisburg, ON, K0C 1X0
- Tel: 613-543-3704 or 1-800-437-2233
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Overview
What was it really like to live and work in the 1860s? Travel back in time to one of Canada's largest living-history sites and experience Village Life!
Touring Upper Canada Village is a magical experience, transporting you back in time to the 1860s. A key part of the experience is the authentic buildings that make up the village, the activities that each housed, and of course, the people who lived there. Founded in 1961, Upper Canada Village is one of the largest living-history sites in Canada. Here, we endeavor to depict life in a rural English Canadian setting during the year 1866. Featured are over forty historical buildings, many moved here prior to flooding of the “Lost Villages” during the St. Lawrence Seaway development project. These include homes, functioning mills and trades workshops.
Website: www.uppercanadavillage.com
Type: Living History Site | Agricultural Site
Hours & Fees
- For hours of operation, visit https://www.uppercanadavillage.com/visit/admissions/
- For ticket information, visit https://www.uppercanadavillage.com/visit/admissions/
Insider's Look
TV commercial for Upper Canada Village
A television commecial for Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg, Ontario.
Red earthenware crock, circa 1750, from McDiarmid family.
In July of 2012, Upper Canada Village was given a painted red earthenware crock that had belonged to the last surving members of a family that had lived in the McDiarmid log house now located at Upper Canada Village. Although a modest piece of household domestic ware, this item is the first artefact in the Village's collection known to have been used in the house when it was on its original location in Tayside, Ontario. The crock, according to family lore, was brough from Scotland and had been used to hold house plants. It has been decorated with applied ivy leaves (white earthenware) and a painted scene depicting a Scottish loch and stone keep.The Crock is now (once again!) on display in the McDiarmid House at Upper Canada Village - providing a real physical link between the past and the present!
