Mariners Park Museum

Mariners Park Museum explores the many ways the inhabitants of Prince Edward County have earned their living from the surrounding waters - from commercial fishing and shipbuilding, through ice harvesting and rum running. The reconstructed lighthouse relocated from False Duck Island beckons visitors to the site, where they can also see Fort Kente and enjoy a picnic in the park. Hundreds of shipwrecks have been located in the waters surrounding Prince Edward County and the Mariners Park Museum has become the home of many treasures retrieved during early diving expeditions.

Mariners Park Museum is also home to a stop on the Arrow Trail. Prince Edward County’s South Shore played a significant role in the story of the infamous Avro CF-105 Arrow. A.V. Roe Canada honed the Arrow’s design through the testing of ⅛ scale free flight models, rather than a full-scale prototype. The free flight models carried important telemetry equipment, which captured and relayed flight data to a team on the ground. Between 1954 and 1957, nine free flight models were launched from the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment test facility at Point Petre (CARDE). This site was used because of CARDE’s experience launching missiles and other test vehicles over Lake Ontario. Recovering these models became the primary objective for the Raise the Arrow campaign, launched in 2017.

May Long Weekend to Labour Day: Friday through Sunday, 10am-4pm
Fall and Winter: Closed

Admission by donation. Grounds are available for rental.