Historic Plaques along the Loyalist Parkway

Loyalist Landing Place

Source: ontarioplaques.com

KM
35

GPS:
44.0608889
,
-77.0104109

At Adolphustown, in a parking lot at the west end of a park off the south side of Highway 33 just west of Road 8 at street number 10482

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Loyalist Landing Place

On June 16, 1784, a party of some 250 United Empire Loyalists landed from bateaux near this site and established the first permanent white settlement in Adolphustown Township. They had sailed from New York in the fall of 1783 under the leadership of Major Peter Van Alstine (1747-1811), a Loyalist of Dutch ancestry, and passed the winter at Sorel. Van Alstine was later appointed a justice of the peace, represented this area in the first Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and built at Glenora the earliest grist-mill in Prince Edward County.

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Historic Sites along the Loyalist Parkway

Loyalist Landing Place

Loyalist Landing Place
KM
35

GPS:
44.0608889
,
-77.0104109

At Adolphustown, in a parking lot at the west end of a park off the south side of Highway 33 just west of Road 8 at street number 10482

On June 16, 1784, a party of some 250 United Empire Loyalists landed from bateaux near this site and established the first permanent white settlement in Adolphustown Township. They had sailed from New York in the fall of 1783 under the leadership of Major Peter Van Alstine (1747-1811), a Loyalist of Dutch ancestry, and passed the winter at Sorel. Van Alstine was later appointed a justice of the peace, represented this area in the first Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and built at Glenora the earliest grist-mill in Prince Edward County.

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Old Hay Bay Church

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United Empire Loyalist Burial Ground

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St. Alban the Martyr Church

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Old Adolphustown Township Hall

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10469 Hwy 33, Napanee, ON K7R 3K7

The Old Adolphustown Township Hall, located on Loyalist Parkway at Adolphustown, at the entrance to the park, is the site of the first town meeting in Upper Canada and the Midland District Courthouse (1792).

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United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre & Park

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54 Adolphustown Park Rd, Bath, ON K0H 1G0

The park is the site of the original landing of the first group of United Empire Loyalists, under Major Peter Van Alstine, which took place on June 16, 1784.

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