Haliburton Highlands Museum
The museum is situated in Glebe Park on the north shore of Head Lake overlooking Haliburton Village. It was started by a local committee as a Canadian Centennial project to commemorate the early pioneers of the area. Originally housed in the Reid House, a historic village home, the collection soon outgrew the confines of this little house. A much larger facility was constructed in Glebe Park in order to meet the museum’s growing requirements.
Reid House was picked up and moved to its new location and was refurbished as a typical village home reflecting life at the turn of the century. In subsequent years a log barn, house and small building housing our forge were added to the museum grounds in order to depict life in a more rustic & rural setting.
The main gallery facility houses numerous thematic exhibits relating to the first inhabitants of the region, the native peoples, who were followed by the first influx of lumbermen and settlers. It seems difficult to believe today the area was promoted for its agricultural possibilities by the Canadian Land and Immigration Company who purchased ten townships in the surrounding area. Unable to wrest a living from the poor soils the settlers turned to logging and trapping to supplement their meagre lot.
Location:
Haliburton Highlands Museum
P.O. Box 535, Haliburton, Ontario, K0M 1S0
Tel: (705) 457-2760
Website: haliburtonhighlandsmuseum.com
There is an abundance of activities do to at Wigamog Inn. The lakeside activities include canoeing, kayaking, fishing and waterskiing. Jet skis and fishing boat are also available to rent. Seasonally, our guests can enjoy playing tennis, basketball and volleyball, mountain biking, dog sledding, tobogganing, horse drawn sleigh riding and munch more.