Westfield Heritage Village

Westfield Heritage Village, west of Rockton, Ontario, is an open-air museum that preserves more than 30 historic buildings on a 3.4-square-kilometre site. Founded in 1961 by teachers D. Glenn Kilmer and Golden Macdonnell, with Doreen Kilmer playing an equal role in its development and management, it began as an effort to save threatened buildings and create a hands-on setting for teaching pioneer life. The site opened unofficially in 1963 and officially in 1964, later changed names as its collection broadened, endured closure in 1984, and was redeveloped in the 1990s. It remains significant for combining preservation, education, and living-history interpretation in a protected landscape.

Ontario · Canada