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Collection – Page 1

LANTAKA CANNON, circa 1750:

This original bronze lantaka cannon was made circa 1750 and was of the type used in Asia by the Honourable East India Company.  Many of these cannons arrived back in England, and in turn were used in the American Colonies as swivel cannons on small gunboats or batteaux in the rivers and lakes.  Loyalist Brigades used them in battle on Lake Champlain and elsewhere.  After the war, they were also used as a defence on the batteaux which brought the Loyalists to Upper Canada, and may have seen action in the War of 1812 as well.

DAVY TOOL COLLECTION: 

Several generations of the Davy family from Bath were carpenters.  Many of the original homes still standing in the village were built by the Davy men.  All work was done by hand. Logs were shaped and cut to produce the frames for the building.  Various augers were used to bore holes for pegs to hold the boards together.  Interior boards were hand-shaped by planes.  The Davy tool collection display has a variety of these tools used for home construction.

CHRISTOPHER PETERSON LAND GRANT, 1798:

The British crown awarded land to Loyalist settlers in reward for remaining loyalist to the king.  The amount of land received was based on such as your rank, your involvement in key military battles, and your relation to other loyal individuals.  This particular grant was awarded to loyalist Christopher Peterson on December 31st, 1798.  The land was not a full 200 acres, however, this would not have been his first or only grant.  Petitions for land were continually made as land was surveyed and for several decades loyalist settlers, later immigrants, and the children of both made claims for pieces of it. Original land grants also had a large wax seal attached to them, but over the years, many surviving land grants have lost their seal. Our collection also includes a land grant for loyalist Isaac DeMille.

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  • PLEASE NOTE:  Camping at the UEL Heritage Centre & Park begins on Friday May 19, 2023.  For camping inquiries, please email us at  camping@uel.ca. Contact us now for camping this season.  For museum or branch contact us at 1784@uel.ca 
  • MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTRE  The museum is now open daily Wednesday through Sunday from 9AM to 4PM.  Note we are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
  • FOR RESEARCHERS:  More surnames added in August 2022 on our list of genealogies and family histories in our library.  To view the surnames, go to our UEL Heritage Centre & Park menu and scroll down to Library & Research Centre.
  • For general inquiries or Bay of Quinte Branch UEL contact us at 1784@uel.ca 

 

  • UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST:
  • Saturday May 13, at 1:30PM Regular Branch meeting for Bay of Quinte UEL held at the old Adolphustown Township Hall.  Speaker is author Jean Rae Baxter.  All welcome.
  • June 16 through 18, 2023, Thunder on the Reach Re-enactment Encampment Weekend in the park.  More details to follow.

 

  • NEW POSTINGS: See our Campground Activities Calendar Page for details on tentative campground events for 2023.
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