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• Holland's Landing Depot
  The Royal Navy Depot Holland Landing, constructed during the War of 1812, stood just north of this site on the east bank of Soldiers' Bay. Its buildings and other facilities served as an administrative and transshipment centre within a network of roads, waterways, portages and posts that connected Lake Ontario to the upper Great Lakes. To avoid American forces in the Niagara-Lake Erie-Detroit River corridor, British authorities moved vital supplies from York (Toronto) through this...

• Samuel Lount 1791-1838
  Born in Pennsylvania, Lount came to Upper Canada in 1811 and eventually settled near Holland Landing, where he became a prosperous farmer, blacksmith and surveyor. A Reformer, he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Simcoe, 1834-36, and the following year took an active part in William Lyon MacKenzie's uprising. Lount was in joint command of the rebel forces assembled at Montgomery's Tavern north of Toronto and became a fugitive after their defeat...

• Sharon Temple
  Erected 1825-32, its architecture symbolizes the religious beliefs of its builder, David Willson, born in New York State 1778. Disowned by the Society of Friends (Quakers), he established hereabouts the Children of Peace (Davidites) in 1812, a small sect which retained some Quaker mysticism while placing great emphasis on ceremony, music and practical education. Most Davidites were strong political reformers and several joined Mackenzie's force in the Rebellion of 1837. Following Willson's death 1866, the strength of the sect diminished and its last service was held here 1886.