Historic Plaques along the Loyalist Parkway

Quakers of Adolphustown

Source: ontarioplaques.com

KM
33

26 Quaker Hill Road, Adolphustown, ON

GPS:
44.0977202
,
-77.0279663

On the south bank of Hay Bay at the 90 degree bend in South Shore Road (Road 8) 4 km north of Road 33

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Quakers of Adolphustown

The first Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in either Upper or Lower Canada was organized in Adolphustown Township in 1798 at the house of Philip Dorland. Quakers had settled in this district in 1784 and at first held religious gatherings in private homes. In 1795 a frame meeting house was authorized and shortly thereafter it was erected on this site. A Monthly Meeting was formed in 1801 which aided the formation of further Quaker Meetings in the Bay of Quinte area. A new meeting house was built here in 1868 but was abandoned after the Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1871 and only this burying ground remains.

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Historic Sites along the Loyalist Parkway

Quakers of Adolphustown

Quakers of Adolphustown
KM
33

26 Quaker Hill Road, Adolphustown, ON

GPS:
44.0977202
,
-77.0279663

On the south bank of Hay Bay at the 90 degree bend in South Shore Road (Road 8) 4 km north of Road 33

The first Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in either Upper or Lower Canada was organized in Adolphustown Township in 1798 at the house of Philip Dorland. Quakers had settled in this district in 1784 and at first held religious gatherings in private homes. In 1795 a frame meeting house was authorized and shortly thereafter it was erected on this site. A Monthly Meeting was formed in 1801 which aided the formation of further Quaker Meetings in the Bay of Quinte area. A new meeting house was built here in 1868 but was abandoned after the Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1871 and only this burying ground remains.

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Old Hay Bay Church

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2368 S Shore Rd, Napanee, ON K7R 3K7

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United Empire Loyalist Burial Ground

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54 Adolphustown Park Rd, Bath, ON K0H 1G0

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St. Alban the Martyr Church

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10419 Loyalist Pkwy, Adolphustown, ON K0K 1X0

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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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