John R. Park Homestead
The Province of Ontario has enacted new safety measures which may impact your experience. Restrictions for indoor attractions include:
• Museums, galleries, zoos, science centres, landmarks, historic sites, botanical gardens and similar attractions, amusement parks and waterparks, tour and guide services and fairs, rural exhibitions, and festivals must all close.
Outdoor establishments are permitted to remain open with restrictions and with spectator occupancy, where applicable, limited to 50 per cent capacity.
A visit to the John R. Park Homestead and Conservation Area will take you back in time to the 1850s. The house and farm buildings of John and Amelia Park are restored to bring the nineteenth century to life. Explore the Parks’ magnificent Classical Revival home, built in 1842, taste baking from the kitchen fireplace or play with a wooden toy in the children’s bedrooms. See the workings of an 1885 steam engine-powered sawmill and stop by the blacksmith shop to witness the making of small hardware and repairing of farm tools at the coal-fired forge. Peak season May to October.
Hours
- Sunday - 11:00am - 6:00pm
- Monday - Closed
- Tuesday - 11:00am - 7:00pm
- Wednesday - 11:00am - 7:00pm
- Thursday - 11:00am - 7:00pm
- Friday - 11:00am - 7:00pm
- Saturday - 11:00am - 6:00pm
