Ontario History and Heritage MuseumsPage 2 Explore Ontario History Through Living History Museums!
Orillia: Stephen Leacock Museum - Visit the former summer cottage of the famous writer. Also, the OPP Museum and Orillia Museum of History and Art. Ottawa: Ottawa Jail Hostel – Served as a prison for more than a century. Said to be haunted by the ghosts of prisoners and hanged men. This isn’t a real heritage site in the sense of being open to visitors – it’s actually a working hostel! – but you can see it if you stay there, or if you take the Ottawa Haunted Walks tour. Tour original cells, walk down Death Row, get a glimpse of the gallows and listen to gruesome tales. For more Ottawa history museums, see my page on Ottawa Museums . Rockton: Westfield Heritage Village - A wonderful living history village with 35 buildings, located near Rockton Ontario. Come see where Anne of Green Gables was filmed. Visit the county store, take tea in the parlour of a century home, and ride the horse and wagon. Toronto: Guildwood Park - The Graveyard of Lost Buildings. Casa Loma – Built between 1911 and 1914. Toronto’s “castle”. Conspicuous consumption at its best. A fairy tale castle with a Sleeping Beauty story. Fort York – Toronto’s first garrison was built here in 1793 in an effort to defend the colony from the Americans. The City of Toronto grew up around it. Canada’s largest collection of War of 1812 buildings. Campbell House – Built in 1822 for a judge. See how the wealthy lived in the early days of Toronto. Mackenzie House – Built between 1855 and 1859. Former home of radical politician, journalist and publisher, William Lyon Mackenzie. Ireland Park - A small park commemorating the arrival of Irish potato famine victims in Toronto. Five statues and a slab containing the names of victims. At the foot of Bathurst Street. Wellington County: Wellington County Museum & Archives – Between Fergus and Elora. Built in 1877. This building once served as the local poor house. See a part of the past that is usually ignored.
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