Museums & Archives

Jun 30, 2022

South Frontenac Museum

The South Frontenac Museum is located in a classic stone school house at 5595 Road 38 in Hartington. Owned by the Township of South Frontenac, it is managed by the South Frontenac Museum Society.

Whether you're exploring Frontenac for the first time or live here, drop in to catch a glimpse into how people lived 50, 75, 100 or 150 years ago, before the area became known for its rural homes and cottages.

Our museum has artifacts, photographs, documents and stories from the first contact between the Indigenous peoples and European settlers, through the logging and mining booms, to the development of local farms and the evolution of area businesses in South Frontenac and Eastern Ontario.

We also offer special events and programming throughout the township, including a “Treasures in the Attic” professional evaluation occasion this spring. Stay tuned to our website: http://southfrontenacmuseum.ca and on Facebook: @ southfrontenacmuseum

The Museum is open from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays and 1pm to 4pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from the Victoria Day weekend through the Labour Day weekend. The facility is accessible and air conditioned. Free admission, donations accepted. 613.376.3027 ext 2600.

Cloyne Pioneer Museum & Archives

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum & Archives is a must-see for history buffs visiting Eastern Ontario. Located north of Highway 7 near Bon Echo Park, this little log building brings you stories of the area’s past.

The earlier days in this region were exciting indeed. Pioneers had to make do. They not only invented, but made by hand many of the articles on display. Your children will be fascinated by the diorama of the MazinawPringle Tramway, a nineteenth century engineering feat designed to transport logs from one watershed to another. They will sit in an actual schoolroom within the Museum from the same period, and touch the hand-crafted toys that youngsters used for play. For want-to-be geologists, you can hold actual pieces of The Canadian Shield in your hands, all the time remembering that they were four billion years in the making.

If you are from the area, research your genealogy in our archives and share your family history with us. Our little book store sells the stories, maps, and offerings of local authors so that you can gain further knowledge of this sensational area.

We are located on Highway 41 in Cloyne, just across from the post office. Admission is free, but we think that you shall be so happy with your visit that you will want to contribute to our donation jar. We will be looking for you, from 10am to 4pm from late June to September.

Clarendon Miller and Archives

The Clarendon and Miller Community Archives was established in 2006 to conserve local materials currently in private hands and make them available to the community. The Archives are located in the Plevna branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library on Buckshot Lake Road in Plevna.

Old House Museum

The Old House Museum, located at 5 Leander St, in Marysville, located in the ol’ Tiner Larush house in the heart of the village, holds a key to the history of Wolfe Island. When the Wolfe Island Historical Society was formed in 2005, the idea of finding a place to celebrate the storied history of the island was born with it. Purchasing and renovating the house was a project that took almost 5 years to complete.

From artifacts, to tools, newspapers and books, the museum has information that paints a picture of life in the past on the island, and how it has changed over time. Because of the island's location, a lot of the early history of Canada has taken place on its shores. From fur trade to the French-British conflict, the coming of the Loyalists and the development of agricultural communities in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Wolfe Island has been part of it all, and the centre for remembering that history, is the Old House Museum.

Railway Heritage Park - Sharbot Lake

The museum in the caboose is open Saturdays 11-3 in the summer. The outdoor displays are always open, and there is a playground for kids among pieces from the Heritage Society Collection.

The Railway Heritage Walkway is a series of informative signs along the former track bed through the village. It starts at the site of the station, which was torn down in 1970. The walkway heads south from the park through Thomson’s Cut, continuing past the beach and across the causeway, and finishes at a fork in the trail. Maps of the Walkway are available at the caboose in Railway Heritage Park.

The Park is located across from the township office, which is at 1084 Elizabeth Street in Sharbot Lake.