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  • Bay of Quinte Branch, UELAC
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    • Obtaining UEL Certificates
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    • United Empire Loyalists
    • Library And Research Centre
    • Museum & Archives
      • Collection – Page 1
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      • Collection – Page 3
    • Projects
      • Researching our Collection
      • The Casey House
      • Expanding our Collection
    • Exhibits
      • Our First Generation Room
      • The Centennial Room
    • Education and Outreach
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    • Campground Activities Calendar
    • Contact for Camping Info
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Museum & Archives

The Museum and Archives are located on the grounds of the UEL Heritage Centre and Park, in Allison House, a Victorian mansion constructed in the 1870s by David Wright Allison.

The museum operates seasonally from Victoria Day until Labour Day, and is open daily from 10AM to 4PM all week days except for Tuesdays.  It also operates on weekends during September.  Please contact the museum for group visits or for visits by appointment at other times.

The museum collection is set up in several rooms and tells the story of the United Empire Loyalists from their times before the start of the American  Revolution, their struggles as they settled in various parts of Canada, and the life of the loyalists in the early part of the 19th Century.  It includes display panels explaining their history, as well as uniforms, military items, early farm artifacts, a country store, early loyalist living room,  and paintings depicting the Loyalists.  The UELHCP grounds hosted the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the Loyalists in Canada in 1884, and the Centennial Bedroom shows how far a Loyalist family had come in 100 years.

The museum also has a gift shop with loyalist related souvenirs for young and old, as well as books and other research material.

 

 

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What’s New

  • PLEASE NOTE:  We are now taking camping reservations for 2022.  Please email camping@uel.ca or leave a phone message at 613-373-2196
  • PLEASE NOTE! Camping season opens on Friday May 20, 2022.
  • FOR RESEARCHERS:  We have posted a list of surnames for 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:
  • Bay of Quinte Branch Meeting:  Saturday May 7, 2022 at 1:30PM at the Adolphustown Township Hall  presentation on St. Thomas Anglican Church Graveyard by Jane Simpson.  This is also available by Zoom.  Contact us for the link.
  • Friday May 20, 2022: Camping opens for the 2022 season.
  • NEW POSTINGS: See our Campground Activities Calendar Page for details on tentative campground events for 2022.
  • We would like to thank the following for their support:
    The Town of Greater Napanee
    Canadian Museums Association (Young Canada Works)
    Service Canada (Canada Summer Jobs)
    Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
  • Atura Power, Napanee
  • RTO9 Regional Tourism Organizations
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