This spacious museum occupies the former site of the Thousand Island Railway Station, which opened in 1889 to serve one of Canada’s shortest railway lines. Today, the museumleads visitors through 10,000 years of the areas history and heritage.

A boutique inn and fine dining restauant since the 1950’s, the Athlone Inn was built in 1877 for Charles Leopold Parmenter. The present owners have taken great care to restore and preserve the home’s original architectural features to showcase its granduer.

This 1872 landmark was the home of William Byers, first mayor of Gananoque. The two-acre property’s lovely gardens and sloping yards are surrounded by a century-old stone wall.

Beaver Hall was built in 1826 for the commander of one of the first steamboats to sail in this part of the St. Lawrence River. The two-and-a-half-story stone house has abeautiful metal bell-cast mansard roof. The present owners are the recipients of a 2007 Heritage Award for Outstanding Restoration.

Rooted in history. The Stone Church as it became known, was built in 1871 replacing the old wooden Wesleyan Methodist church of 1836 on land donated by the Honourable John McDonald. Major renovations occured in 1896 and 1958. Ravaged by fire in 1979, the church reopened in 1981, preserving its majestic Gothic style.

Situated on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, the Gananoque Inn & Spa occupies what was originally, in 1860, the Gananoque Carriage Works. Following that business’s closure, the building was converted to a resort in 1896, marking one of the earliest conversions of manufacturing space to hotel space in Canada.

Services for Presbyterians in this area date back to 1811. St. Andrew’s was erected in 1854 and formally opened in 1855. The property was donated by the Honourable John McDonald. A wooden spire was added in 1875, and in 1886-87 the church was enlarged to increase seating capacity. Parish memorabilia is displayed on-site.

Fredrick J. Skinner, a prominent Gananoque manufacturer and politician, built Sleepy Hollow in 1905. Archectural features include tin celings, a stained-glass window and a grand oak-panelled staircase. Over time, the house has been a tourist home, a nursing home and apartments. Since 1999, it has been operated as a bed and breakfast.

MacDonald House was built in 1831 when John MacDonald wed Henrietta Marian Mallory. He was a successful business man and leader in the community. In 1911, heirs of the McDonalds granted the dwelling to the Town for public purposes. The has been used for courts, jails, libraries, council meetings, and public offices.

Originally built in 1909 as the Gananoque Canoe and Motor Boat Club. In 1921, additions were made including the largest dancing floor of any club in Eastern Ontario. Today is being used as a theatre house.

This majestic Romanesque limestone Church was built in 1889 with the blueprints of a particular parish church in Ireland. Of special interest is the slate roof with Christian symbols, the 1921 Italian carrera marble altar and the copy of Raphaels 1509 Disputation of the Eucharist in the Clerestory.