Vankleek Hill, Ontario

These four communities were first historically linked through family and social ties, farming and commerce; and today with a new common municipal government.

The porches, windows, gables, and rooflines of over 250 homes in Vankleek Hill contain Victorian era decorative gingerbread elements.

By the 1890s, the new Vankleek Hill Manufacturing Company on Mill Street created and sold decorative shingles, latticework, verge boards, columns, spindles and brackets.

A third mural at the corner of Main Street East and Highway 34 celebrates activities, landscapes, buildings that came to life in this agricultural community.

All three murals depict true-life Vankleek Hill people, and were created by regional artists Elizabeth Skelly and Odile Têtu.

A ‘secret’ mural of Magical Beasts is located on a wall east of the Firehall and was created by local artist Susan Jephcott with her friends.

Derby Street brings the charming and colourful log home constructed c. 1828 by Stephen Cafs, a United Empire Loyalist.

Vankleek Hill hosts several annual cultural events including a Victorian Christmas Home Tour on the first Saturday in November, the May Show Festival during the long weekend in May and an annual Fiddling, Step-dancing and Squaredancing Competition on the July 1 weekend, every second year Family Local History Day in the fall and Yes Women Can!

The town is the home of Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, an award-winning craft brewery that supplies pubs, restaurants, and vendors across Canada.

Vankleek Hill is currently home to a community garden, which has two acres of organically grown produce being harvested by residents within a few steps of Main Street.

The Champlain Township provides bilingual early childhood education services for children 18 months to 12 years old and employment for 25 adults in 7 different settings.

[3] At the provincial level, the riding is represented by Progressive Conservative MPP Stéphane Sarrazin The local hockey team is the Vankleek Hill Cougars.