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Doon Heritage Crossroads
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon
Set amid sixty acres of environmentally sensitive woodland, Doon Heritage Crossroads is a living history museum re-creating a 1914 rural village and two farms. More than twenty-five historic buildings, costumed interpreters, period furnishings, rare breed farm animals, heritage gardens, and demonstrations of daily chores help visitors discover an exciting era of change in Canadian history. Complimentary guidebooks are available in English, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Braille, and large-print. The museum is open daily through Labour Day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From Labour Day through December 23, the museum is open weekdays and some weekends for special events.
Telephone:
519-748-1914
Email:
rtom@region.waterloo.on.ca
Address:
10 Huron Road
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Kitchener
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N2P 2R7
Intersection/Landmark:
Homer Watson Blvd. & Manitou Dr.
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Castle Kilbride
www.castlekilbride.ca
Telephone:
519.634.8444 ext. 256, 259, or 266
Email:
castle.kilbride@wilmot.ca
Address:
60 Snyder's Road West
,
Baden
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N3A 1A1
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 20 min. drive from KW
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Halton County Radial Railway
www.hcry.org
Come ride the streetcars! The Halton County Radial Railway (HCRR) is a full-size operating electric railway and museum, featuring historic electric railcars operating on two kilometers of scenic track. The HCRR is owned and operated by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA), a non-profit, educational organization. The HCRR is proud to be Ontario's first and largest electric railway museum.
Telephone:
519-856-9802
Email:
streetcar@hcry.org
Address:
13629 Guelph Line
,
Milton
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Homer Watson House & Gallery
www.homerwatson.on.ca
Visual art classes, contemporary exhibitions, curriculum based school programs, special events, museum and archive, unique rental space.
Homer Watson House & Gallery is the homestead of Homer Watson (1855-1936), Canada's first noted landscape artist. Today, the Gallery acts as a visual arts centre offering exciting visual art classes, contemporary exhibitions, curriculum based school programs, special events, museum and archive and much more!
Telephone:
519-748-4377
Email:
development@homerwatson.on.ca
Address:
1754 Old Mill Road
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Kitchener
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N2P 1H7
Intersection/Landmark:
Homer Watson Blvd. & New Dundee Road
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Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh
Telephone:
519-742-7752
Address:
466 Queen Street South
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Kitchener
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N2G 1W7
Intersection/Landmark:
Queen St. S. & Mill St.
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Maple Syrup Museum
Learn about the history of maple syrup production, artifacts and photographs.
Telephone:
519-664-1232
Address:
1441 King St. N.
,
St. Jacobs
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McCrae House
www.guelph.ca/museum
Telephone:
519-836-1221
Email:
museum@guelph.ca
Address:
108 Water St.
,
Guelph
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N1G 1A6
Intersection/Landmark:
Hwy 7 & McCrae Blvd.
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McDougall Cottage
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/mcd
Telephone:
519-624-8250
Email:
muerin@region.waterloo.on.ca
Address:
89 Grand Ave. South
,
Cambridge (Galt)
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N1S 2L7
Intersection/Landmark:
Ainslie St. S. & Concession St.
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Wellington County Museum & Archives
www.wcm.on.ca
Telephone:
519-846-0916 ext. 221
Email:
info@wcm.on.ca
Address:
0536 County Road 18
,
Fergus
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N1M 2W3
Intersection/Landmark:
Located on Wellington Road 18, b/w Fergus & Elora
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Westfield Heritage Village
www.westfieldheritage.ca
A fascinating living history museum with featuring over 35 historic buildings surrounded by 324 acres of unspoiled natural woodlands and meadows with several well marked nature trails and a rare T.H. & B. Steam Locomotive.
Telephone:
519-621-8851, 1-800-883-0104
Email:
westfield@speedway.ca
Address:
1049 Kirkwall Road
,
Rockton
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L0R 1X0
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr. drive from KW
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Woodside National Historic Site
www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/woodside
Woodside is the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister. The house has been restored to the Victorian style of the 1890s. The importance of this residence is best reflected in King’s own words: "The years that left the most abiding of all impressions and most in the way of family associations were those lived at Woodside."
Telephone:
519-571-5684
Email:
ont-woodside@pc.gc.ca
Address:
528 Wellington Street North
,
Kitchener
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N2H 5L5
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