Lang Pioneer Village Museum

Lang Pioneer Village is an "outdoor museum" featuring more than 30 restored and furnished buildings, many of which were donated from the surrounding townships.

Since 2014 the Museum has been the site of the Aabnaabin Encampment, a pre-colonization representation of a Michi Saagiig camp where the story of the First Nations history and culture of the region is told by indigenous interpreters.

[1] Built by David Fife, a Scottish immigrant, the cabin is currently located in the village only a few miles from its original site.

Red Fife Wheat was grown locally and ground into flour at the Lang Grist Mill.

During the winter months, the stove would be moved back into the primary house and the summer kitchen would be used for cold storage.

It is a storey-and-a-half log home featuring a six-foot-wide stone fireplace which served the dual purposes of heating and cooking.

The blacksmith would shoe horses, "iron" sleighs and wagons, make tools and architectural hardware and do repairs.

The building has been restored to 1897 when council members were no longer elected by an open "show of hands" but by secret ballot.

South Lake School - The schoolhouse was the first building moved to the site of Lang Pioneer Village.

Built in 1886, the schoolhouse interior reveals much about rural school-life featuring double-desks, slates, an abacus and a wood stove for heating.

Located at the front of the sanctuary is a fine crafted Doherty pump organ, manufactured 100 years ago.

The building houses an extensive number of agricultural implements, including the Museum’s Peter Hamilton collection of tools and equipment, as well as a restoration workshop and conservation lab with viewing windows.

Lang Pioneer Village Museum offers a variety of educational programs that correspond directly with the Ontario school curriculum as set by the Provincial Government.

Lang Pioneer Village is open to the visiting public from approximately mid-May to Labour Day and seasonally for special events and workshops.