Reviews of Lost Villages Museum (Tourist Attraction)

Darcy Dunne

Was closed on a nice May Saturday as they don't start their season until June. Would've loved to see more!

Mike MacGregor

We had a very interesting and informative visit. The staff were well informed and helpful.

joellyism

A great place to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy some historic buildings

Steve Mayes

I found the Lost Villages muesum a very informative site. I was privileged to be one of the many who funded and erected the Memorial to the men and women of British North America's. To them who went before us, who served during the American Civil War 40,000+. We salute you! I suggest that all Canadians should make the trek to the Village to Honour them.

Shelly Fry Hoernicke

Very interesting place. Love the artifacts and being able to do a self guided

Michel Allard

(Translated) The Covid-19 does not help, we could only see the buildings from the outside, some doors were open (Original) Le Covid-19 n'aide pas, on a pu voir seulement les bâtiments de l'extérieur quelques portes étaient ouvertes

B Williams

Part self-guided tour and part guided. Beautiful way to experience the local history. Wonderful staff!

Marge Simpson

Please take a minute to look over all these interesting photos from our history along the St. Lawrence Seaway. So much history here. The Lost Villages Museum is located in Ault Park on Fran Laflamme Drive, 3km east of Long Sault, Ontario. The museum site consists of ten heritage buildings, moved and restored to Ault Park from The Lost Villages and surrounding townships by the members of The Lost Villages Historical Society. Both the interiors and exteriors of the buildings have been restored, and they have been assembled in a village-like setting at Ault Park. The buildings commemorate the inundation of lands to the south of the museum complex on July 1, 1958.

Dave Thomas

Except for artwork on display, much was typical. I grew up in the 50's and was familiar with the history of the area and the type of buildings

Matthew Murchison

Very nice museum, gorgeous area. The volunteers are very nice and knowledgeable.

Phil Dufour

Nice place to stop and take pictures.

Denis Alexander

Wasn't open when we went.

Lj Shank

Great and educational

Colin Matassa

What a neat spot! The buildings themselves are fantastic and very interesting to visit and go through, especially the schoolhouse and the old house. Two of the buildings are locked and require the site worker to come in with you as their is lots of old stuff in them. The only reason I am giving it 3 stars is because the girl who was working there wasn't great. She looked like she hated working there. She wasn't very friendly or talkative at all. You would think that working here you would know a bit about the history of the buildings and you'd be more friendly. All in all, a neat place to visit but the employee was very off-putting.

Paul Soucy

I could spend hours looking at each and item at the museum. Worth the trip, and then some.

Wescaught

Fantastic display! must stop!

Sweet Fangz

Unfortunately due to covid your unable to get the genuine experience but you can still walk around and look around and in but cannot enter the buildings.

Michael Mersereau

Nice quaint place for a wedding

Steph Chart

(Translated) Super interesting (Original) Super intéressant

Luc “190falcon” Blanchette

(Translated) Nice place to visit a lot of history (Original) Bel endroit à visiter beaucoup d'histoire

Ariana L

Very cute, but all locked up. You can still see in the windows and examine the outsides of the buildings.

Andy Girard

Great place to receive a history lesson on the flooding in of the St Lawrence River and the villages that had to be relocated

Rafał Domański

No big crowds. Admission is free. You can freely roam around and there is friendly staff to help you and guide. There is a small store on the premises.

Sammy Royea

Beautiful :)

Kim Belleville

All because 2 people fell in Love

Kolin Douty

They have done an amazing job trying to save what they can of the villages which the seaway destroyed.

John

Excellent place to visit. We really enjoy the buildings and Ghost Hunts

Lysiane Chagnon Fontaine

Very cute and well kept, a little walk through history.

A B

Free place to visit with the kids, neat to checkout all the stuff and look inside the various buildings. The history of the changing landscape is the main focus (man made flooding). They have special events such as Art in the Park where there are local venders and food/drinks/music available too. Large grassy area and access to a nearby biking trail here too.

Greg Blanchard

Such an interesting place. So much history.

Tanesha 69R

Great place to check out and learn the history on the flooding of the St. Lawrence. It’s such beautiful spot to go to in the fall, very well taken care of and has a nice long walking path right there.

Dennis B

This is a worthwhile look and what village life might have looked like before the surrounding area was flooded as a result of the construction of the St. Laurence Seaway. Of particular interest is the restored 100+ year old home. There are many artifacts here donated by families of the area. There is a room dedicated to the impact of the Order of Freemasons. I was unaware of their origin and history. It is very worth a visit.

Mary Poole

With judy Howell and Pierre Howell

Michel Castonguay

(Translated) Nice must-see memorial place (Original) Bel endroit commémoratif incontournable

Douglas Terry

Very interesting site and excellent self tour signage. Unfortunately all the buildings were closed for the season we still wandered for close to 45 mins. Will definitely find a time to return in season when everything is open.

johnny mcguire

Nice area

Ben Gen

Very knowledgeable summer students and I am very thankful that this important part of our history has been preserved.

Gabor S

This place is amazing, since coming from Europe I know well this place would work for less than a week and half of the items were missing. Worth too see how a doctor lived 210 years ago, actually even today his house is pretty big.

Kevin O'Shea

Nice place. Self-guided tour, but we bumped into some local folks who told us a lot about the history. Nice day. I’d say it wouldn’t take more than an hour or two to explore if all the buildings are open.

Sheila Wadham

Clean but could be so much more

Michael Bloomer

It's a sad reminder of how governments can just make a decision that affects so many people. These buildings are a great reminder of ouf past.

Kayla Samson

We went and took fall themed photos of my Little girl. A great place for pictures.

Vassil Dimov

Pieces of the past in a natural environment

Dawn Schmidt

Easy to wander through at your own pace. It would be nice if a curator could help them with placques to replace printouts in plastic. But it is definitely a worthwhile visit.

Chuckles the Clown

Fascinating look back in time. Free self guided tour through history was interesting. Washrooms on site and the gift shop sells gifts and drinks.

Roger Desjardins

Nice history.

Harpreet “AwareIndian” Singh

Nice place

Diego Perez

An intriguing museum with many old buildings. Have artifacts of the village that used to be there , and an interesting history. Was lucky to be able to catch the Mazda festival, and the art market, so I managed to see some paintings, and had good discussion with some painters.

Jean Roch Lafrance

a glimpse into the upheaval at the dam caused in this area

Jherson Ayala Tafur

Really nice old times

Daniel White

Very interesting and full of information about the area. Great way to relax and learn about the pre-power dam river.

Glenn D

A great place to learn the history of the lost villages, with the building of the seaway.

Donna McCann

Very nice little village in Ontario Canada enjoyed it

Raoul Duranceau

I love the history involved in the lost villages and the dam ????????

Peter Vrakking

Nice to see the pride people have for it. Keep it up.

Travis Tuovinen

Connects to a nearby waterfront park, and advertised as bathrooms for public use. Not open at all. Some walking trails nearby.

murray Quibell

My wife and I had a very informed tour

Maureen Stephens

Piped O Canada at noon on July 01 A few appreciative people came around. Ended up piping an additional 25 minutes or so.

Jean-Luc St-Germain

(Translated) It's really worth it if you stop a page of history to know (Original) Ça vos vraiment la peine de si arrêter une page d'histoire à connaître

Barbara Azzopardi

Back in 1958, Canada and USA had to improve the way ships travelled up the St. Lawrence River due to the many rapids. The city of Cornwall built a power generation plant/dam which flooded the St. Lawrence River basin and many hamlets and villages were flooded. Why did we not learn this in school? The Lost Villages Museum has a few of the original buildings that were saved and much memorabilia to see and learn from. There's a house, library, school, driving shed, church and train station. There's also a store that sells books, post cards, CDs about this time and ice cream and drinks. This is all free to boot. Thurs is a place you need to discover yourself. The Long Sault Parkway is also close at hand and is worth the drive. There's camping, swimming and fishing as well and the causeway linking the islands is only 11 kms long. Get out of the house and see what there is to explore.

Elizabeth Parsons

Love this place!!

James Lantz

Neat place to get information about the lost villages when the hydro dam was built at Cornwall flooding the area. The dam is also an excellent place to visit. Information about it should be on the Cornwall web site area.

Stephen Downes

It was open (yay) and has great examples of Pioneer life

K Szyman

Very interesting historical site. The person there told us about the old Highway 2 which ends in water now. We went there too to check it out.

Anne Patenaude-Dlugosz

Interesting...lacks more tourists and guided tours

Mary Fairbairn

On the weekend they held an Artisans Fair, it was so nice to walk around in such nice surroundings

Rox-Anne H

Beautiful place for a wedding in the church at the Lost Villages Museum. It's a little small, but makes for an intimate wedding for a small group of family and friends. Cute historical buildings, cool place to check out. We three girls (W3G) and company have a trade show a few times through the year there. I believe they have one coming up Sunday, October 17, 2021.

Yannick Pahl

(Translated) Very interesting and informative. (Original) Très intéressant et informatif.

Wonderful Human

Beautiful old buildings and it makes for nice pictures. There are less then a dozen and only open during specific hours but it is nice to walk the grounds even when the buildings are closed.

Lawrence McDougall

The staff here are so kind and knowledgeable, will highly recommend a stop here....

patrick pelchat

(Translated) Nice little village to visit. Nice park to walk around. (Original) Joli petit village a visiter. Beau parc pour se promener.

Frank McDonald

Interesting

Samuel Lin

If u pass by, it is a good stop. And it should be visit with the big dam together to Know the histroy.

Dareck

Worth going to see...lots of history.

Peg B

Nice place to stop and look around. Get a little history lesson at the same time.

Old Angels 444

Very nice place, very nice reserved houses. Take your kids to visit them all, they will love it !!! It is so worth it !!!