July 6, Canada Village

Ken pushed to go to this tourist attraction which turned out to be a delight! Construction of Upper Canada Village began in 1958 as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway project, which required the permanent flooding of ten communities in the area known as The Lost villages.  Upper Canada Village was a part of the project's heritage preservation plan.  Many of the buildings in Upper Canada Village were transported directly from the villages to be flooded. This village depicts life in a rural English Canadian setting during the year of 1866.

Cabinetmaker producing furniture.  Note the beautiful chairs that were made in the shop.

Lumber Mill where the power is generated by water.

 

Asselstine's factory transforms raw wool into yarn and blankets. It shows the emergence of the new mechanized factory system.  The only running mill with this  working machinery over 120 years old.