Harvest Day at the museum = explore the museum, watch the equipment in use (wood cutter, thrasher, hay press, butter making, horse tread), enjoy a wagon ride and the BBQ and participate in the live auction at 1pm.

Are you interested in knowing about your family history within Glengarry? Here at the Sir John Johnson Manor House we are also home to the Glengarry Archives, so we are invested in helping you learn about your family past! There is a small $25.00 fee for archive access. You can contact us via email at […]

The Williamstown Discovery and Ghost Walk has returned for another summer. If you are interested in local history and some chilling ghost stories join us on selected Fridays at 7:30 pm at the Sir John Johnson Manor House. Please pre-register by email or phone as group size will be limited. If there are not enough […]

Grand Opening of a Cold War Era Fallout Reporting Post.  In the event of a nuclear blast the station agent would enter the buried FRP and remain sealed in monitoring and reporting radiation levels.  Although the one that was buried beside the station has been removed the museum board moved the exact same type to […]

Barkerville is open all summer, with cottages, campgrounds, tours, theatre shows, shops and restaurants, stagecoach rides, historic interpretation and so much more!

Come check out our historic place and have a bite to eat! We’re hosting a barbeque at our office as part of Historic Places Days and the annual 12th Street block party event. Our office space was once known as the Hillhurst Cottage School and was built in 1910. The building is the earliest extant purpose-built […]