Adolphustown, Ontario
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Adolphustown is a village located in southeastern Ontario, Canada, at on the Adolphus Reach Inlet of Lake Ontario. It was founded in 1784 by United Empire Loyalists.
Local orchards do grow plenty of apples and the local strawberry season begins just before Canada Day, the July 1 long weekend.
Virtually entirely rural, Adolphustown has no real city centre and exists mainly as somewhere to get stuck behind a slow-moving farm tractor on the Loyalist Parkway - the road leading west to the Glenora Ferry which joins Adolphustown to Picton year-round, and east to the town of Bath and the city of Kingston.
Adolphustown was named for Prince Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, a son of George III. A number of Quakers settled in this area in 1784 and held their first Monthly Meetings in Canada here.
Adolphustown is now part of the town of Greater Napanee.
- Telephone exchange: +1-613-373-xxxx (Adolphustown)
- Postal code: K0H 1G0 (RR#1 Bath)
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