See hard fought battles between the British and American forces at the War of 1812 Re-enactment at the Backhouse Historic Site.   Tour period encampments, shop in the Heritage Sutlery and see the Backhouse Grist Mill to hear the story of the Mill that Didn’t Burn in 1812 Norfolk County.   Main Battles at 2pm on Saturday […]

PIRATES OF LONG POINT A Thieving Melodrama By Adam Corrigan Holowitz August 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2019 There are Pirates on Long Point! A band of local youth are luring unsuspecting ships onto the shore of Long Point, by copying with lanterns the signal of the lighthouse. Once run ashore, the gang loots the […]

Experience the whole process of turning wheat into flour.   See demonstrations of cutting and flailing wheat, grinding wheat into flour in the Backhouse Grist Mill and the making of bread, baked fresh in the bake oven. 

Please join us on July 6th. Our fully restored 1846 Grist Mill will be open for tours. Learn about the origins of our tiny hamlet, how in 1846 David Demorest built the dam, and the Grist Mill, around which Harrington West developed.