boyd heritage museum

I enjoy learning about local history in my travels. The Boyd Heritage Museum tells the story of one of the major founding families of the Bobcaygeon area. Through an impressive mix of displays for a local museum it illustrates the life and times, environment and struggles of the Boyd family and many other families who formed the community and whose heritage carries through to today. There are very personal glimpses of their characters, successes and tragedies. The museum truly helps the visitor understand how the people worked together, how commerce and industry grew through them, and how they connected with the province, the country and the British Empire. It is sort of a settlers' "Downton Abbey" story. Well done.