The historic train station, built in the 19th century by the Grand Trunk Railway, was moved to Upper Canada Village where it remains today.

The road leads directly into the river, where you can still see sidewalks and foundations remaining from the town when the water levels of the St. Lawrence are low.

Prior to being occupied by Europeans, Aultsville and the surrounding area was home to many Native American settlements.

Aultsville, Ontario,[2] was first settled in the late 1700s by a small group of five disbanded soldiers of the King's Royal Regiment of New York; these men were Loyalists who likely acquired the land here via grants for their loyalty to the Crown.

[3] Shortly after, the village became referred to as Aultsville after Samuel Ault, a relative of one of the first five men to settle here and a prominent political figure.

[3] The first store and tavern were present in the village in the 1700s, established in 1787 by a Loyalist settler named Richard Loucks.

The tavern doubled as a courthouse and village jail, with a pillory located inside for locking up criminals.

[9] By the turn of the century, Aultsville had added three more general stores, three cheese factories, another garage, four service stations, and a bank to its list of businesses.

[3] After World War II the village began to decline, many businesses closed and industries ceased operations.

This was due to the fact roads in the area improved as had means of transportation; it was now feasible to travel to nearby communities for necessities.

[3] Before studying the actual relocation of Aultsville and its populace, it is important to understand the development of the St. Lawrence Seaway Project first.

The primary intention for the newly expanded waterway and flooding of 20,000 acres, was to transport tonnage in the millions of raw materials including but not limited to iron ore, grain, coal, wood pulp and petroleum.

The study of Boundary Waters for Navigation and Power was put aside as resources were mainly directed towards the allied war effort.

After World War II many negotiations and minor delays took place until the final proposals and developments in 1954.

Furthermore, not until the Canadian government started the initial phases of planning and construction, that the United States finally participated in the joint expansion of this international project.

It is noted that the Commission in Ontario made decisions for the location of new highways towns and parks without first approaching the local residents of Aultsville, or the other Lost Villages.

According to the Lost Villages Historical Society, the residents of Aultsville knew the flooding was inevitable after decades of uncertainty when all of the trees in the community were cut down.

[3] The governments assumed there would be little repercussion since there were plans to relocate nearly 6,500 people six miles west of Cornwall, Ontario; the new towns would have new and upgraded infrastructures such as modern sewer systems and roadways.

This was not necessarily the case, as many of the residents could not afford to move to or live in these upgraded towns even after selling their land and receiving the additional aid provided.

[11] In 1958, before the flooding of the Seaway, six houses and two larger buildings were scheduled to be burned in the vacant village of Aultsville.

[12] Smoke detectors were not common until the 1960s, and were used primarily in museums, art galleries, and electronic equipment protection.

Additionally, Donald Brittain wrote and directed a series of films called St. Lawrence Burns, No.

It was during this preservation time that researchers uncovered many birthplaces of former British Loyalists who migrated to Canada before and after the American Revolution.

Other towns that had burial grounds preserved here included Dickinson's Landing, Farran's Point and Wales.

[21] This station is a square, red building of wood construction, built based on blueprints supplied by the railway for their "Standard No.

In preparation for the flooding of the Seaway, the building was donated to the St. Lawrence Parks Commission and moved to its current location.