Things to do in Smiths Falls
Are you heading to Smiths Falls to see a show?
Here’s a few other things you can do around “The Falls”
The Railway Museum of
Eastern Ontario
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Our museum is located on 10.5 acres in the heart of Smiths Falls. Our station building, built in 1912 by the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway, is a National Historic Site.
Popular exhibits include the caboose and the dental car as well as telegraph equipment and both a steam and diesel locomotive.
The Railway Museum offers the rare opportunity for visitors to sleep overnight in a caboose just as railroaders did. Curl up in our comfortable pull-down beds with fresh linens, settle back and relax in the quiet glow of the lantern. In the morning, enjoy a fresh breakfast of fruit, pastries, juice and coffee or tea, served on site.
The Heritage House Museum
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Today Heritage House Museum functions as a community museum and historic house, depicting the upper middle class life of the Bates Family circa 1865-1875 and featuring a permanent collection of Smiths Falls artifacts, traveling exhibits and art shows.
A visit offers unique mirror-image facades, an indoor brick bake oven, period rooms, exhibition galleries and a famous two-story privy.
The Rideau Canal Visitor Centre
Housed in a 19th-century stone mill, the Rideau Canal Visitor Centre is the flagship interpretation centre for the historic Rideau Canal system – a National Historic Site of Canada, a designated Canadian Heritage River, and a UNESCO World Heritage destination.
Near the Visitor Information Centre, you’ll find the impressive modern hydraulic system at the Smiths Falls Combined Locks as well as the original 3-lift manual system built by Lt. Col. By in 1829.
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