Heritage & Culture.
Crysler Park, on the upper St. Lawrence Seaway shoreline near Morrisburg, holds two layers of Canadian heritage on one continuous site.
Upper Canada Village reconstructs an 1860s village from more than 40 buildings relocated when the 1958 Seaway flooded the original townsites. A short walk away, the Crysler's Farm Battlefield Memorial marks the 11 November 1813 War of 1812 engagement now designated a National Historic Site by Parks Canada.
The brief.
Upper Canada Village is the anchor visit and operates seasonally — typically mid-May through October — under the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, which sets admission rates annually.
The interpretive programming runs all day across the village footprint, so plan a full half-day on the grounds. Crysler's Farm Battlefield Memorial is on the same Crysler Park site and is freely walkable; the Parks Canada NHS designation is the primary record.
The Lost Villages Historical Society documents the 1958 relocation story for ten communities — Aultsville, Farran's Point, and Dickinson's Landing among them, all in present-day South Dundas. The Lost Villages Museum itself sits at Ault Park in adjacent South Stormont, but the heritage-building story moves to Upper Canada Village.
Iroquois Lock at the village of Iroquois carries the Seaway story forward as a working lock that pleasure craft transit during the navigation season.
3. places.
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Upper Canada Village
1860s living-history museum at Crysler Park near Morrisburg, with more than 40 heritage buildings relocated from communities flooded by the 1958 St. Lawrence Seaway construction; full-season programming.
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Crysler's Farm National Historic Site / Battlefield Memorial Park
Site of the 11 November 1813 War of 1812 battle, within Crysler Park, adjacent Upper Canada Village; obelisk and battlefield interpretation, walkable grounds.
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Iroquois Lock and the Lost Villages relocation story
Working Seaway-era lock at Iroquois plus the relocation source story for Aultsville, Farran's Point, and Dickinson's Landing; the Lost Villages Museum sits at Ault Park in South Stormont, but the relocation source communities and the preserved structures at Upper Canada Village originate in South Dundas.
Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds · clean air.
By the book.
- 01Upper Canada Village operates on a published seasonal schedule (typically mid-May through October), with admission fees set annually by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission.Source ↗
- 02Crysler's Farm National Historic Site designation record (Parks Canada) is the authoritative primary source for the battlefield memorial.Source ↗
- 03Iroquois Lock operates on the published St. Lawrence Seaway navigation-season schedule; pleasure-craft transit fees apply.Source ↗