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2365 South Shore Rd., R.R.#2
Napanee,
Ontario
K7R 3K7
Phone : (613) 373-2877
Fax : (613) 373-8816
E-Mail : Click Here to E-Mail us
Outside Web Page : http://www.oldhaybaychurch.org
Your Host(s) : Katherine Staples
Tour Group Person Limit: 40
Driving Directions:
- From Hwy 33, follow the 'Historic Site' signs from Conway or Adolphustown. The Church is at 2365 South Shore Road.
Season Details:
- Open during the summer, July 1st to Labour Day. Call for details.
Description From Owner:
- Old Hay Bay Church National Historic Site is Canada's oldest Methodist building, erected in 1792 in Adolphustown in Greater Napanee. Here the saddlebag preachers thundered forth; here Canada's first Camp Meeting was held in 1805.
- Situated on the south shore of Hay Bay in Adolphustown (now part of Greater Napanee) and well-marked by 'Historic Site' markers.
- 2008 Annual Service on Sunday, Augut 24th, at 3 p.m.
- Special speaker: Elise Harding-Davis, black activist & historian. Former custodian of North American Museum of Black History in Amherstburg ON. She also coordinated the work of Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church beside the museum,
- now a National Historic Site of Canada.
- To learn more about the history of the church and area, subscribe to THE HAY BAY GUARDIAN, an annual journal of Methodism in Upper Canada. Address enquiries to: 24 Princess Margaret, Etobicoke ON. M9A 1Z4.
- NEW BOOK available: 'THE FOUNDERS - The Twenty-two Persons Who Established Old Hay Bay Church in 1792' by J. Wm. Lamb; $20. + $5. p&h; cheque payable to Old Hay Bay Church, c/o K. Staples, 304 Staples Lane, R.R.#2, Napanee, ON, K7R 3K7
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Off the beaten track: |
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South Napanee, 2km
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Switzerville, 8km
Sharps Corners, 10km
Hayburn, 11km
Bethany, Deseronto area, 10km
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