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In the 1950s, the construction of the St Lawrence Seaway raised the river level, threatening many of the old buildings that dotted the river bank. The pick were painstakingly relocated to a purpose-built complex some 40km east of Prescott and this, the Upper Canada Village (mid-May to mid-Oct daily 9.30am-5pm; $12.75), has become one of the region's most popular attractions. Covering a 60-acre site, the village re-creates rural Ontario life as of 1860 and contains a wide range of buildings, from farmhouses and farm outhouses to a bakery, a parsonage, a church, a woollen factory, a saw mill and a blacksmiths. It is all very well done and the staff dress up in period gear to demonstrate traditional skills, producing cheeses, quilts, brooms, bread and cloth in exactly the same way as their pioneer ancestors. Finally, in the adjacent riverside park is the Battlefield Monument commemorating the Battle of Crysler Farm in 1813, when a small force of British and Canadian soldiers drove off American invaders; Crysler Farm is itself down below the monument underneath the water. The village is easily accessible by public transport, as the Colonial Montreal-Toronto bus passes by the front gate.
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